Indian Premier League 2022 Auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore Retained & Released Players List: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have announced the retained players list for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. The last date for all teams to announce the retain player list is 30th November 2021. All released players will go under the hammer in the upcoming IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
Royal Challengers Bangalore is going to buy the remaining players from the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. It will great to see whom they will pick for the captain, as RCB regulars captain Virat Kohli will not play as a captain in this IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore will buy most of the local players this time as to bring some good players in this series.
IPL 2022 Retention Rules
- A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian (capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
- It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
- As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
- Two New IPL teams can pick any 2 Indian and 1 foreign player from the Mega auction pool before the start of the mega auction 2022.
- Also, new teams can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.
- There will also be no Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
IPL 2022 Salary Cap
BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision of the number of players retention.
- If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
- Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.
If a team retains 4 of its player then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:
*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary
| Deductions for 4 Players | INR 42 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 16 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 12 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 8 Cr |
| Player 4 | INR 6 Cr |
If a team retains 3 of its player then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:
| 3 players deduction | INR 33 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 15 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 11 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 7 Cr |
If a team retains 2 of its player then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:
| 2 Players deduction | INR 24 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 14 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 10 Cr |
If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores
| 1 Player deduction | INR 14 Cr |
List of retained RCB players
Retained Players:
- Virat Kohli – 15 Crore
- Glenn Maxwell – 11 Crore
- Mohammed Siraj – 07 Crore
List of released RCB players
- AB de Villiers — South Africa — Batsman — ₹11 Crore
- Yuzvendra Chahal — India — Bowler — ₹6 Crore
- Kane Richardson — Australia — Bowler — ₹4 Crore
- Washington Sundar — India — All-Rounder — ₹3.2 Crore
- Navdeep Saini — India — Bowler — ₹3 Crore
- Adam Zampa — Australia — Bowler — ₹1.5 Crore
- Devdutt Padikkal — India — Batsman — ₹20 Lakh
- Finn Allen — New Zealand — Wicket Keeper — ₹20 Lakh
- Pavan Deshpande — India — All-Rounder — ₹20 Lakh
- Shahbaz Ahmad — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20 Lakh
- Daniel Sams — Australia — All-Rounder — NA
- Harshal Patel — India — All-Rounder — ₹20 Lakh
- Kyle Jamieson — New Zealand — All-Rounder — ₹15,00,00,000
- Dan Christian — Australia — All-Rounder — ₹4,80,00,000
- Sachin Baby — India — Batsman — ₹20,00,000
- Rajat Patidar — India — Batsman — ₹20,00,000
- Mohammed Azharudeen — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20,00,000
- Suyash Prabhudesai — India — All-Rounder — ₹20,00,000
- Kona Srikar Bharat — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20,00,000
Purse Available: 57 crores
The remaining player RCB can buy from the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. This time Royal Challengers Bangalore will focus on the team building for the future as this would be the last match for the CSK captain Virat Kholi. It will be great to see which players will join the RCB Squads.
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DC Retained & Released Players List
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