RCB Probable Playing XI IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore squad composition, new players, top picks in auction

RCB IPL 2023: Here is the predicted playing XI for Royal Challengers Bangalore after it had a lacklustre auction in Kochi on Friday.

RCB had retained its core ahead of the auction, and it is difficult to see how any of its new buys will fit into its first-choice playing XI.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had a lukewarm IPL 2023 auction, where its most expensive signing was England batter Will Jacks (injured) at INR 3.2 crore. Out of its seven signings, three were fast-bowlers, which include England pacer Reece Topley. RCB had retained its core ahead of the auction, and it is difficult to see how any of its new buys will fit into a best possible playing XI. The only slot which looks up for grabs is that of Mahipal Lomror, who will be on his toes after the franchise signed all-rounders Manoj Bhandage and Sonu Yadav.

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RCB PROBABLE PLAYING XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj.

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RCB IPL 2023 SQUAD COMPOSITION

Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.

Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Michael Bracewell (NZ).

All-rounders: Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Shahbaz Ahmed, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage.

Bowlers: Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey (ENG), Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley (ENG), Himanshu Sharma.

Injured: Will Jacks (ENG).

(Names in bold indicate players bought at IPL 2023 Auction)