Royal Challengers Bangalore is facing heavy criticism due to the decisions taken in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Fans are quite disappointed with not buying Will Jacques, but if we look at the entire Bengaluru team, then this team can prepare a great playing eleven combination. Let us tell you that before the mega auction, RCB had retained 3 players in the form of Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal and Rajat Patidar.

RCB has prepared a strong team

Bengaluru has Virat Kohli, who can be seen opening this time too. He is the only batsman to cross the 8,000-run mark in the IPL so far. Phil Salt, who scored 435 runs for KKR in IPL 2024, can be seen opening with him. Rajat Patidar may be promoted to the third position next season, while Jitesh Sharma may move to the fourth position. Jitesh has scored 730 runs in his IPL career so far after playing 40 matches.

strong middle order

Liam Livingstone and Tim David can be played at number five and six. Both these players are match finishers, can bowl when needed and are batting brilliantly in international cricket and making big scores for their respective teams. This time RCB has also included Krunal Pandya in its team, who apart from scoring 1,647 runs in his IPL career, has also taken 76 wickets. Krunal will be important because apart from bowling, he will also provide depth in batting.

A world class bowling attack

Bhuvneshwar Kumar can take charge of the fast bowling for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2025. Bhubaneswar has been bought by Bengaluru for Rs 10.75 crore. Apart from this, RCB was successful in buying Australian bowler Josh Hazlewood for Rs 12.50 crore. Apart from Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara and Yash Dayal can be seen playing the role of the third fast bowler. Along with Krunal Pandya, the team seems to be missing only one major spin bowler. Jacob Bethel is in the team, but he does not have much experience of playing on Indian pitches. There is little hope that Swapnil Singh will be seen as the main spinner.

RCB’s bench strength also looks quite strong. While the team is looking at Yash Dayal as the main fast bowler, the team will also have Rasik Dar Salam, batting all-rounder Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage and Nuwan Thushara.

RCB’s probable playing eleven

Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Jacob Bethel, Josh Hazlewood.

impact player – Romario Shepherd/Swapnil Singh

Rahul Dev

Cricket Jounralist at Newsdesk

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