IPL 2022: RCB Final Squad after IPL 2022 Auction | Royal Challengers Bangalore Players List

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a franchise cricket team representing the city of Bangalore, Karnataka in the Indian Premier League. Royal Challengers Bangalore have never won the IPL but finished runners-up on three occasions between 2009 and 2016. They have very notable players in all-season still this team never perform well in the Indian Premier League season. They are also called underachievers.

This season they have retained some of the best players before the mega auction held are Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj, and Glenn Maxwell. Along with this, they have also made some good decisions in buying the top players in IPL 2022 Auction.

BCCI and IPL governing committee have announced about upcoming IPL 2022. For that IPL Mega auction was also held in Bengaluru on 12th and 13th February 2022. Almost all the teams have used this opportunity to build the team stronger once again.

This will be the last auction for the Indian Premier League so every team has used this opportunity to build a better team. Royal Challengers Bangalore already retain some of the best players also they have made a good move by purchasing some of the best players in this auction.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has already announced the retained players list for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League and also they have made the final squads after the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Below are the final squads for the Royal Challengers Bangalore for the IPL 2022.

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2022 Final Squad

`Royal Challengers Bangalore Squads`

Sr. No.	Player Name	Country	Specialism	Price Paid
01.	Virat Kohli (R)	India	Batsman	₹15,00,00,000
02.	Glenn Maxwell (R)	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹11,00,00,000
03.	Mohammed Siraj (R)	India	Bowler	₹7,00,00,000
04.	Harshal Patel	India	All-Rounder	₹10,75,00,000
05.	Wanindu Hasaranga	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹10,75,00,000
06.	Josh Hazlewood	Overseas	Bowler	₹7,75,00,000
07.	Faf Du Plessis	Overseas	Batsman	₹7,00,00,000
08.	Dinesh Karthik	India	Wicket Keeper	₹5,50,00,000
09.	Anuj Rawat	India	Wicket Keeper	₹3,40,00,000
10.	Shahbaz Ahamad	India	All-Rounder	₹2,40,00,000
11.	David Willey	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹2,00,00,000
12.	Sherfane Rutherford	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹1,00,00,000
13.	Mahipal Lomror	India	All-Rounder	₹95,00,000
14.	Finn Allen	Overseas	Batsman	₹80,00,000
15.	Jason Behrendorff	Overseas	Bowler	₹75,00,000
16.	Siddharth Kaul	India	Bowler	₹75,00,000
17.	Karn Sharma	India	Bowler	₹50,00,000
18.	Suyash Prabhudessai	India	All-Rounder	₹30,00,000
19.	Chama Milind	India	Bowler	₹25,00,000
20.	Akash Deep	India	Bowler	₹20,00,000
21.	Luvnith Sisodia	India	Wicket Keeper	₹20,00,000
22.	Aneeshwar Gautam	India	All-Rounder	₹20,00,000

This is the Final Team of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after the IPL 2022 auction.

Harshal Patel and Wanindu Hasaranga are the highest-paid players from Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL auction, They have paid a whooping ₹10,75,00,000 to these players. This time they have purchased a total of 22 players and left the purse ₹1,55,00,000.

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2022 Squad: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Faf Du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahamad, David Willey, Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Jason Behrendorff, Siddharth Kaul, Karn Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Akash Deep, Luvnith Sisodia, Aneeshwar Gautam.

IPL 2022 Retention Rules

A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian (capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
Two New IPL teams can pick any 2 Indian and 1 foreign player from the Mega auction pool before the start of the mega auction 2022.
Also, new teams can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.
There will also be no Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.

IPL 2022 Salary Cap

BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision of the number of players retention.

If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.

If a team retains 4 of its player then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:

*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary

Deductions for 4 Players	INR 42 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 16 Cr
Player 2	INR 12 Cr
Player 3	INR 8 Cr
Player 4	INR 6 Cr

If a team retains 3 of its player then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:

3 players deduction	INR 33 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 15 Cr
Player 2	INR 11 Cr
Player 3	INR 7 Cr

If a team retains 2 of its player then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:

2 Players deduction	INR 24 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 14 Cr
Player 2	INR 10 Cr

If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores

1 Player deduction

INR 14 Cr

List of retained RCB players

Retained Players:

Virat Kohli – 15 Crore
Glenn Maxwell – 11 Crore
Mohammed Siraj – 07 Crore

List of released RCB players

AB de Villiers — South Africa — Batsman — ₹11 Crore
Yuzvendra Chahal — India — Bowler — ₹6 Crore
Kane Richardson — Australia — Bowler — ₹4 Crore
Washington Sundar — India — All-Rounder — ₹3.2 Crore
Navdeep Saini — India — Bowler — ₹3 Crore
Adam Zampa — Australia — Bowler — ₹1.5 Crore
Devdutt Padikkal — India — Batsman — ₹20 Lakh
Finn Allen — New Zealand — Wicket Keeper — ₹20 Lakh
Pavan Deshpande — India — All-Rounder — ₹20 Lakh
Shahbaz Ahmad — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20 Lakh
Daniel Sams — Australia — All-Rounder — NA
Harshal Patel — India — All-Rounder — ₹20 Lakh
Kyle Jamieson — New Zealand — All-Rounder — ₹15,00,00,000
Dan Christian — Australia — All-Rounder — ₹4,80,00,000
Sachin Baby — India — Batsman — ₹20,00,000
Rajat Patidar — India — Batsman — ₹20,00,000
Mohammed Azharudeen — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20,00,000
Suyash Prabhudesai — India — All-Rounder — ₹20,00,000
Kona Srikar Bharat — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20,00,000

Purse Available: ₹1,55,00,000

Before the mega auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore has a purse available worth 57 crores. RCB has made some great decisions in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.