RCB (ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE) is all set to play the upcoming IPL (2024).
Royal Challengers Bangalore, still eyeing an elusive Indian Premier League (IPL) title, added six new faces to its squad for the upcoming 2024 season at the auction in Dubai on Tuesday.
RCB’s decision of acquiring the services of West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph at Rs. 11.50 crore took many by surprise, it was in keeping with its strategy of building a decent pace attack as it also roped in New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson, India’s Yash Dayal and English fast-bowling all-rounder Tom Curran.
RCB players bought at IPL 2024 auction: 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), Saurav Chauhan (Rs. 20 lakh).
RCB IPL 2024 SQUAD COMPOSITION
Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.
Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Saurav Chauhan.
All-rounders: Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Manoj Bhandage, Tom Curran (ENG), Swapnil Singh, Will Jacks (ENG), Cameron Green (AUS).
Bowlers: Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley (ENG), Himanshu Sharma, Alzarri Joseph (WI), Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mayank Dagar.
NEW ROLE OF AB DE VILLIERS…
We all know about Ab de Villiers, as a batsman and great fielder. But now we will see him playing a new role in RCB franchises.He retired from cricket and doesn’t play cricket, but he is mentoring RCB this IPL. It will be very exciting to see the players of RCB perform well under his guidance.
RCB GREATEST FAN FOLLOWING-
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 19.1 million followers
The Royal Challengers Bangalore is a franchise that has the most loyal fan base.
With all these, let’s see this time RCB uphold the Indian premier league title for initial time or not.