RCB Retained and Released Players List IPL 2026

RCB Retained and Released Players List For IPL 2026 are as follows in detail -

Auction Purse

• RCB has ₹16.40 crore left.

• They can buy 8 more players, including 3 overseas slots.

RCB Retained Players (Key Core)

• Virat Kohli – batting superstar

• Rajat Patidar – captain, reliable middle-order

• Josh Hazlewood – strike bowler

• Bhuvneshwar Kumar – experienced Indian pacer

• Philip Salt – explosive wicketkeeper-batter

• Krunal Pandya – all-rounder

• Tim David – big-hitting finisher

• Romario Shepherd – all-rounder

• Jacob Bethell – young talent

• Jitesh Sharma – wicketkeeper-batter

RCB Released Players

• Liam Livingstone – overseas all-rounder

• Mayank Agarwal – Indian opener

• Lungi Ngidi – overseas fast bowler

• Rasikh Salam Dar – Indian pacer