Royal Challengers Bangalore threw in a surprise earlier this month when they decided to retain uncapped talent Sarfaraz Khan along with skipper Virat Kohli and South African explosive batsman AB de Villiers. Kohli became the most expensive player as he was the only one who was retained for more than Rs 15 crore amount. The franchise decided to pay Rs 17 crore to retain his services, making him the most expensive player in IPL history. The team released KL Rahul and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, but they still have the option to retain him as they can still use one RTM card option for a capped Indian player. It will be interesting to see that whether they use the card to retain either Rahul or Chahal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore full squad
Virat Kohli (Retained)
AB de Villiers (Retained)
Sarfaraz Khan (Retained)
Tim Southee – Rs 1 crore
Parthiv Patel – Rs 1.7 crore
Brendon McCullum – Rs 3.6 crore
Chris Woakes – Rs 7.4 crore
Colin de Grandhomme – Rs 2.2 crore
Moeen Ali – Rs 1.7 crore
Quinton de Kock – Rs 2.8 crore
Umesh Yadav – Rs 4.2 crore
Yuzvendra Chahal – Rs 6 crore (Retained via RTM)
Manan Vohra – Rs 1.1 crore
Kulwant Khejroliya – Rs 85 lakh
Aniket Choudhary – Rs 30 lakh
Navdeep Saini – Rs 3 crore
Murugan Ashwin – Rs 2.2 crore
Mandeep Singh – Rs 1.4 crore
Washington Sundar – Rs 3.2 crore
Pawan Negi – Rs 1 crore (Retained via RTM)
Mohammed Siraj – Rs 2.6 crore
Nathan Coulter-Nile – Rs 2.2 crore
Anirudha Joshi – Rs 20 lakh
Pavan Deshpande – Rs 20 Lakh