The Royal Challengers Bangalore are one of the most anticipated teams in the IPL with RCB retaining only three players with Virat Kohli being the highest bid Indian player for a whopping INR 21 crore.
Likes from Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal were also taken over alongside the other two players. After spending just INR 37 Crore, the Challengers will retain a huge prize pool of INR 83 Crore in the mega auction as they have the second highest prize.
The Bangalore-based franchise has a wide range of talent while the right-to-match card options also remain intact, with three such options remaining. It is expected that Mohammad Siraj could be one of the options that RTM offers.
The entire squad here is generated by AI based on several speculations and predictions made as part of the IPL 2025 mega auction. This list has nothing to do with the actual list of registered players and is subject to change based on actual auction results.
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Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, Mahipal Lomror, Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi and KL Rahul
Virat Kohli has been snapped up by the Royal Challengers, while the AI forecaster believes former captain Faf du Plessis will be back in the middle order alongside Mahipal Lomror, the other uncapped Indian batsman, alongside Rajat Patidar, who has remained in the middle order RCB team will return.
All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis, Washington Sundar and Liam Livingstone
RCB, which has previously enjoyed the presence of all-rounders like Glenn Maxwell and have parted ways with the former players while the new additions named by RCB were a mix of immense form and experience.
Marcus Stoinis, the experienced Australian all-rounder, has been released by LSG and will remain in the discussion, with Washington Sundar their only spinning all-rounder and probably one of the best Indian all-rounders in that role at the moment.
Finally, Liam Livingstone, the world's best ICC all-rounder and one of the greatest in his sport who made his mark in international cricket, is considered one of the most sought-after players in the IPL.
Bowlers: Yuzvendra Chahal, Karn Sharma, Yash Dayal, Trent Boult, Mohammad Siraj, Reece Topley, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep.
The predicted bowling deck seems to be the most amazing and rather strongest bowling deck with players like returning former players Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep and Reece Topley.
The two new quirky additions Arshdeep Singh and Trent Boult were of great importance to them because if the team at AI adhered to their guidelines for the mega auction, the Challengers would have the most dynamic side at the end of the mega auction – Auction.
AI predicted squad for RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, KL Rahul, Mahipal Lomror, Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Liam Livingstone, Washington Sundar, Marcus Stoinis, Yuzvendra Chahal, Karn Sharma, Mohammad Siraj, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Trent Boult and Reece Topley.
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