16,231 00:29 24 Apr 19. With the team's fortunes revolving largely around two of world's best T20 batsmen in the form of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, RCB have failed to stitch together individual performances. Players Retained: Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The all-rounder had a base price of Rs 20 lakh but the battle for his services went beyond Rs 3 crore, with the 21-year-old going to the Kohli-led side for Rs 3.60 crore. Although its months away, the Indian Premier League 2020 has begun its prelude with the announcements of important dates.The most important pre-tournament formality, the IPL auction, is all set to take place on December 19 2019, in Kolkata..

... Akshdeep Nath: 3.6 Crore. Earlier, RCB decided to part ways with some of their big names like Dale Steyn, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis and 8 others. Kings XI Punjab has the deepest pocket with Rs 42.70 crore, followed by Kolkata Knight Riders at Rs 35.65 crore and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rs 27.90 crore. In the past, RCB have made some huge blunders during the auction processes like buying the veteran Yuvraj Singh for whopping 16 crores and retaining young Sarfaraz Khan over T20 specialists like Chris Gayle and KL Rahul. Focus on Indian Premier League, Indian Super League and All other League formats. Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 Auction Royal Challengers Bangalore: 20: 30 IST: Akashdeep Nath, with an experience of 51 T20 matches, gets RCB and CSK into a bidding war. Royal Challengers Bangalore have been the perennial underachievers in the IPL. Now see who will be inside and who will be outside. Prayas Ray Barman. Hero ISL 2020-21 Schedule, Time Table, Fixture are out. IPL 2020 Auction is going to be held on 19th December 2019 in Kolkata. RCB are known for splashing huge money in the IPL auctions and this year's auction is expected to be the same.

With many talents set to feature in the auction and with RCB lacking in the bowling department, they need to release Akshdeep Nath and free up some cash. Now see who will be inside and who will be outside. Lewis was released by Mumbai Indians as they have a dynamic opening duo of Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma, but that doesn't mean Lewis is inferior to any batsmen. Pre-auction.

IPL set the deadline of 14 November for both the trading window and the list of retained and released players.

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Yet, the last two seasons have been disastrous for them, despite having one of the most balanced squads ever in their history. RCB might also want to target a backup wicket-keeper, keeping in mind Parthiv is the only keeper in the squad currently. Players released: Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetymer, Akshdeep Nath, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin de Grandhomme, Prayas Barman, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Himmat Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Milind Kumar and Dale Steyn. All rights reserved. Every franchise will also have an additional purse of Rs 3 crore in addition to the balance in their kitties from the last auction.

Ahead of the upcoming IPL 2020 auctions, RCB released as many as 12 players, the most by any team and retained just two foreign players in AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali. They might also be interested in the experience of Robin Uthappa, who might bring in the local flavour to the side as well.

Above is the list of players who registered for the upcoming IPL 2020 as a All Rounder. Lynn will surely attract many IPL franchise so if RCB want to acquire his services then they might need to splash some big bucks on him. Having released 12 players, how will the RCB management approach the auctions. © 2009-2020 Independent News Service.