RCB Auction Plans: The countdown to the IPL 2025 Mega Auction has begun. The IPL auction is to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November. In this auction, franchises will be seen making big bids. Everyone’s eyes are on the RCB team.
Everyone is aware of the fan following of RCB and with Virat Kohli being a part of the team, everyone is interested in who will join their team.
RCB Auction Plans for IPL 2025
The RCB team had retained three players before the auction (IPL 2025 Mega Auction), which includes the names of Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal.
Yash Dayal has been included in the team as an uncapped player and now the RCB team has a total of 22 places vacant, out of which 8 will be foreigners.
RCB will enter the mega auction with a purse of Rs 83 crore, where the team can use three RTM cards to bring any of the already capped players with them. In such a situation, let us know which 5 players can the RCB team buy.
Top 5 Players RCB May Target
1. Jos Buttler
RCB team can be seen bidding strongly to buy Jos Buttler in the IPL 2025 Auction. Jos Buttler was released by Rajasthan Royals before the auction. Rajasthan team kept him with them for Rs 10 crore in IPL 2024.
Now RCB team would like to buy him in the IPL 2025 auction, as the RCB team is also looking for a captain. After releasing Faf du Plessis, the RCB team can also buy Jos Buttler and give him the captaincy of the team, because Jos Buttler has a good experience of captaining England in T20I. Butler is adept at making decisions with a cool mind in high-pressure matches.
Butler is recognized for his dual role as a batsman and wicketkeeper. In this context, RCB could replace Dinesh Karthik by acquiring him.
2. KL Rahul
KL Rahul, who was released by Lucknow Super Giants, can be bought by the RCB team in the IPL 2025 auction. There has been a lot of talk about KL Rahul joining RCB for a long time, as he has played for RCB before.
In such a situation, everyone’s eyes are on his return. Rahul has captained Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants under his captaincy. The new Lucknow team has reached the playoffs in 2 out of 3 seasons. In such a situation, the RCB team can spend a lot of money in an IPL auction to buy Rahul
3. Yuzvendra Chahal
RCB team can show interest in buying former leg-spinner of Rajasthan Royals team Yuzvendra Chahal in IPL auction 2025. Chahal was released by Rajasthan team before the auction. Let us tell you that Chahal was a part of RCB from 2014 to 2021, after which Rajasthan Royals bought him for Rs 6.50 crore in the 2022 IPL auction.
Considering Chahal’s impressive wicket-taking ability, the RCB team is keen on including him in their roster. He has taken a total of 250 wickets in 160 IPL matches, and he secured 18 wickets in IPL 2024. In 2023, Chahal took 21 wickets, while in 2022, he achieved 27 wickets. Given his outstanding performance, the RCB team would not want to miss the opportunity to acquire him.
4. Harshal Patel
RCB team can be seen buying fast bowler Harshal Patel in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Harshal was released by Punjab Kings before the IPL mega auction, but considering Harshal’s amazing performance, a big bid can be placed on him.
Harshal took 24 wickets in 14 matches for Punjab Kings last season. RCB team would like to bring back Harshal Patel, which will give more edge to the fast bowling attack. Let us tell you that Harshal was bought by RCB in 2012 for Rs 10.75 crore.
5. Glenn Maxwell
RCB team would like to buy star player Glenn Maxwell in the IPL 2025 auction. Before the auction, the RCB team can buy him using an RTM card.
Glenn Maxwell played 10 matches in IPL 2024 and scored 52 runs with the bat while taking 6 wickets while bowling. So far in his IPL career, he has scored 2771 runs in 134 matches, while playing so many matches, he has taken 37 wickets.
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