Players retained by RCB for IPL 2021: Royal Challengers Bangalore release Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Umesh Yadav; retain 12 players

Dixit Bhargav | 20/01/2021
Players retained by RCB for IPL 2021: Royal Challengers Bangalore release Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Umesh Yadav; retain 12 players

Players retained by RCB for IPL 2021: The Virat Kohli-led franchise has released as many as 10 players ahead of IPL 2021 auction.

Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore have released as many as 10 players ahead of the auction 14th season of the tournament.

Under captain Virat Kohli for the eighth season in a row, Royal Challengers finished at the fourth position on the points table before failing to make it through to the finals.

Known for constantly tinkering with their squad, Bangalore have given the impression of sticking with their strategy as they’ve released as many as 10 players. Technically, they’ve released eight as former India wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel has retired from all formats and veteran South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has opted out of IPL 2021.

Among overseas players, Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch, South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris, England all-rounder Moeen Ali and Sri Lanka all-rounder Isuru Udana have failed to earn a retention at RCB.

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As far as the Indian players are concerned, fast bowler Umesh Yadav, all-rounders Shivam Dube and Pawan Negi and batsman Gurkeerat Singh Mann have been released by Royal Challengers.

Players retained by RCB for IPL 2021

The 12 players which RCB have retained include eight Indians in captain Virat Kohli, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, batsmen Devdutt Padikkal and Pavan Deshpande, all-rounders Washington Sundar and Shahbaz Ahmed and fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Navdeep Saini.

Among the overseas names, former South Africa captain AB de Villiers and the Australian trio of Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe and Kane Richardson have been retained for Indian Premier League 2021.

It is worth mentioning that Zampa had been brought in as Richardson’s replacement for IPL 2020 after the latter chose to skip the cash-rich league to be with his wife as the couple of was expecting the birth of their first child.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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