The Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the previous edition of the IPL and undoubtedly would be one of the most confident sides this season. Though some of their key players have faced constant injury issues as well, some have been majorly out of touch.
The defending champions featured English all-rounder Liam Livingstone for most of the season. However, he failed to be as promising as he should have been and was hence considered ideal to be released by the champions' side.
Bought for a whopping INR 8.75 crores, Livingstone could manage not more than 112 runs in his 10 matches and just 2 wickets after having bowled 9 overs in the season. Also, his strike rate dipped to as low as 130, which is very less by his standards.
RCB Players Retained from their Title-winning campaign
RCB Retained Players - Rajat Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, and Suyash Sharma.
RCB Players released ahead of mini-auction
RCB Released Players - Liam Livingstone, Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, and Mohit Rathee.
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