Ahead of the 2021 IPL auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have released ten players, including Chris Morris, Aaron Finch and Shivam Dube.
The Virat Kohli-led side will also be without the services of Dale Steyn, who has pulled himself out of the tournament this♚ season an💃d Parthiv Patel, who has retired from the IPL.
Meanwhile, Adam Zampa and player he replaced last year, Kane Richardson, have been retained by the Ba𒉰ngalore-ba🌺sed franchise.
RCB qualified for the playoffs in IPL 2020, having finished fourth on the league table with 14 points from as many matches. However, they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the second elim🔯inator to crash out of th🍒e tournament.
IPL 2021 is set to be held between A✅pril-May and efforts are on to host the T20 extravaganza𝕴 in India.
List of released RCB players:
Chris🧸 Morris, Aaron Finch, Parthiv Patel, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi🎶, Gurkeerat Mann,
List of retained RCB players:
V💮irat Kohli (c), AB🌄 de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson
Slots Remaining: 13 (four foreigners and 8 Indians)
Purse Remaining: INR 35.7 crores