Venkatesh Iyer to Mangesh Yadav, RCB showered money on these players in the auction, the entire squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore

IPL 2026 RCB Squad: Royal Challengers Bangalore created history under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar in IPL 2025, when the team won the IPL title for the first time. Due to this success, the franchise did not make many changes to its squad before the next season.

Before the IPL 2026 auction, RCB had retained its core players. At the same time, in the IPL 2026 auction, the team spent a huge amount for Venkatesh Iyer. Apart from this, RCB has also strengthened the team by including Jacob Duffy, Mangesh Yadav and Satwik Deshwal in its squad.

IPL 2026: Battle for Venkatesh Iyer

Royal Challengers Bangalore had entered the IPL 2026 auction with a purse of Rs 16.40 crore. The team had a total of 8 slots vacant, which included places for 2 foreign players. Despite this, RCB expressed more confidence in the Indian players and included Venkatesh Iyer in their squad for Rs 7 crore. Apart from this, the team bought Jacob Duffy for Rs 2 crore, Satvik Deshwal for Rs 35 lakh and Mangesh Yadav for Rs 5.20 crore.

IPL 2026: Expressed confidence in the old core only

Royal Challengers Bangalore retained their core players after winning the IPL 2025 title. For this reason, the playing eleven of the team looked strong even before the auction. This is the reason why RCB bought only a few players in this auction, who can be useful to the team as backup options if needed.

IPL 2026: Complete team of Royal Challengers Bangalore

Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethel, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salaam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Sativak Deshwal, Mangesh Yadav.