At the auction in Dubai on Tuesday, Royal Challengers Bangalore, which continues to compete for an Indian Premier League (IPL) championship, added six new players to its roster for the 2024 campaign.
Although many were taken aback by RCB’s decision to sign West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph for Rs. 11.50 crore, the move was consistent with their plan to assemble a respectable pace attack, as they had already signed Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand, Yash Dayal of India, and English fast-bowling all-rounder Tom Curran.
RCB IPL 2024 probable playing XI: Mahipal Lomror, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma/Mayank Dagar, Akash Deep/Yash Dayal, Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk).
At the IPL 2024 auction, the following RCB players were purchased: Alzarri Joseph (Rs. 11.50 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs. 5 crore), Tom Curran (Rs. 1.5 crore), Lockie Ferguson (Rs. 2 crore), Swapnil Singh (Rs. 20 lakh), and Saurav Chauhan (Rs. 20 lakh).
IPL 2024 RCB Squad
Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat are the wicketkeepers.
Batters: Saurav Chauhan, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, and Faf du Plessis (SA).
The following players are all-arounders: Cameron Green (AUS), Swapnil Singh, Will Jacks (ENG), Manoj Bhandage, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), and Mahipal Lomror.
Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Himanshu Sharma, Alzarri Joseph (WI), Karn Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley (ENG), Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mayank Dagar, and Yash Dayal.
