IPL 2019 auction: Here is Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) squad

RCB has retained star players like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal and others, and have bought Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal along with top buy Shivam Dube and other three.

Bengaluru: Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube was the top buy for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL auction 2019. The franchise let go of many players after their disappointing sixth place position in the IPL 2018 edition. However, they decided to retain a few core players ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 auction.

RCB had retained star players like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal and others, and have brought Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal along with top buy Dube.

RCB traded Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis from Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). RCB also sold South African wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock to the Mumbai Indians.

Here is the full RCB squad for IPL 2019:

Bought at the auction

1) Shimron Hetmyer for Rs 4.2 crore

2) Devdutt Padikkal for Rs 20 lakh

3) Shivam Dube for Rs 5 crore

4) Heinrich Klassen for Rs 50 lakh

5) Gurkeerat Singh for Rs 50 lakh

6) Himmat Singh for Rs 65 lakh

7) Prayas Ray Barman for Rs 1.5 crore

Retained

1) Virat Kohli

2) AB de Villiers

3) Parthiv Patel

4) Yuzvendra Chahal

5) Tim Southee

6) Umesh Yadav

7) Navdeep Saini

8) Kulwant Khejroliya

9) Washington Sundar

10) Pawan Negi

11) Nathan Coulter-Nile

12) Moeen Ali

13)  Mohammed Siraj

14) Colin de Grandhomme

Out from team

1) Quinton de Kock

2) Mandeep Singh

3) Chris Woakes

4) Sarfaraz Khan

5) Brendon McCullum

6) Corey Anderson