Ahead of the auctions for the 2026 season of the Indian Premiere League (IPL), defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), on Saturday, finalised their list of released and retained players.
Here are a list of players released by RCB:
Swastik Chikara
Mayank Agarwal
Liam Livingstone
Manoj Bhandage
Lungi Ngidi
Blessing Muzarabani
Mohit Rathee
Players retained by RCB:
Rajat Patidar (c)
Virat Kohli
Devdutt Padikkal
Phil Salt
Jitesh Sharma
Krunal Pandya
Swapnil Singh
Tim David
Romario Shepherd
Jacob Bethell
Josh Hazlewood
Yash Dayal
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Nuwan Thushara
Rasikh Salam
Abhinandan Singh
Suyash Sharma.We have been able to retain a really strong squad with, obviously, a great recent history of playing winning cricket and playing some outstanding cricket. I feel for the players that we are releasing, because I am pretty sure they loved the experience as much as I did last year. Of course, we will look to strengthen our squad, but in saying that, we are comfortable with retaining a strong base and a strong core of the team and the squad.
“We have been able to retain a really strong squad with, obviously, a great recent history of playing winning cricket and playing some outstanding cricket. I feel for the players that we are releasing, because I am pretty sure they loved the experience as much as I did last year. Of course, we will look to strengthen our squad, but in saying that, we are comfortable with retaining a strong base and a strong core of the team and the squad,” said RCB head coach Andy Flower.