Royal Challengers Bangalore
By Abhimanyu Bose
Squad strength: 25 players (overseas 8)
Players bought: Reece Topley (US$ 231,000), Himanshu Sharma (US$ 24,000), Will Jacks (US$ 390,000), Manoj Bhandage (US$ 24,000), Rajan Kumar (US$ 85,000), Avinash Singh (US$ 73,000), Sonu Yadav (US$ 24,000)
The wins: RCB needed an overseas pacer as back-up for Josh Hazlewood, and got Reece Topley. They also bought o***pinning allrounder Will Jacks as back-up for Glenn Maxwell, who is recovering from a serious leg injury.
The losses: RCB bid for Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Sam Curran, Cameron Green, Ben Stokes and Manish Pandey, but all of them were eventually bought by other teams.
Full squad
By Abhimanyu Bose
Squad strength: 25 players (overseas 8)
Players bought: Reece Topley (US$ 231,000), Himanshu Sharma (US$ 24,000), Will Jacks (US$ 390,000), Manoj Bhandage (US$ 24,000), Rajan Kumar (US$ 85,000), Avinash Singh (US$ 73,000), Sonu Yadav (US$ 24,000)
The wins: RCB needed an overseas pacer as back-up for Josh Hazlewood, and got Reece Topley. They also bought o***pinning allrounder Will Jacks as back-up for Glenn Maxwell, who is recovering from a serious leg injury.
The losses: RCB bid for Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Sam Curran, Cameron Green, Ben Stokes and Manish Pandey, but all of them were eventually bought by other teams.
Full squad
- Openers: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Finn Allen
- Middle-order: Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai
- Wicketkeepers: Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat
- Allrounders: Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed , Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasaranga, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Sonu Yadav
- Spinners: Karn Sharma, Himanshu Sharma
- Fast bowlers: Harshal Patel, David Willey, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh