The previous year edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was shambolic for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and a last place finish on the points table left them with plenty to introspect on. Having retained Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and young talent Sarfaraz Khan before the IPL player auction earlier this year, the owners spent Rs 48.85 crore on purchasing 21 players for the 11th season of the league starting April 7.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad (Total Players-24, Money Spent-79.85 crore): Virat Kohli (retained 17 Cr), AB de Villiers (retained 11 Cr), Sarfraz Khan (retained 3 Cr), Brendon McCullum (3.6 Cr), Chris Woakes (7.4 Cr), Colin de Grandhomme (2.2 Cr), Moeen Ali (1.7 Cr), Quinton de Kock (2.8 Cr), Umesh Yadav (4.2 Cr), Yuzvendra Chahal (6 Cr), Manan Vohra (1.1 Cr), Kulwant Kejroliya (85 Lakh), Aniket Choudhary (30 Lakh), Navdeep Saini (3 c), Murugan Ashwin (2.2 Cr), Mandeep Singh (1.4 Cr), Washington Sundar (3.2 Cr), Pawan Negi (1 Cr RTM), Mohammad Siraj (2.6 Cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (2.2 Cr), Anirudha Joshi (20L), Parthiv Patel (1.7 Cr), Tim Southee (1 Cr), Pavan Deshpande (20 L).
RCB Probable XI: Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock (wk), Virat Kohli (capt), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Chris Woakes, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Past performances of RCB:
2008- 7TH Place
2009- Runners-up
2010- Third Place
2011- Runners-up
2012- 5th Place
2013- 5th Place
2014- 7th Place
2015- Third Place
2016- Runners-up
2017- Bottom of the Table
RCB Fixtures:
April 8 v KKR (away)
April 13 v KXIP (home)
April 15 v RR (home)
April 17 v MI (away)
April 21 v DD (away)
April 25 v CSK (home)
April 29 v KKR (home)
May 1 v MI (home)
May 5 v CSK (away)
May 7 v SRH (away)
May 12 v DD (home)
May 14 v KXIP (away)
May 17 v SRH (home)
May 19 v RR (away)
