The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will be heading into the IPL 2025 season looking for their maiden title, find out their best probable starting 11 from the entire squad players list
RCB recently finished the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction with a squad of 22 players.
RCB IPL 2025 predicted playing 11, full squad players list, owner, captain, team head coach, coaching support staff and management
Ahead of the auction, the Bengaluru-based team retained just three players in Virat Kohli (21 Cr), Rajat Patidar (11 Cr) and Yash Dayal (5 Cr). Notably, the team decided to let go of their skipper Faf du Plessis.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL 2025 Squad
| Sl.No. | Player | Price |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | Retained |
| 2 | Rajat Patidar | Retained |
| 3 | Yash Dayal | Retained |
| 4 | Liam Livingstone | 8.75 crore INR |
| 5 | Phil Salt | 11.50 crore INR |
| 6 | Jitesh Sharma | 11 crore INR |
| 7 | Josh Hazlewood | 12.50 crore INR |
| 8 | Rasikh Dar | 6 crore INR |
| 9 | Suyash Sharma | 2.60 crore INR |
| 10 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 10.75 crore INR |
| 11 | Krunal Pandya | 5.75 crore INR |
| 12 | Swapnil Singh | 50 lakh INR |
| 13 | Tim David | 3 crore INR |
| 14 | Jacob Bethell | 2.6 Crore INR |
| 15 | Romario Shepherd | 1.50 crore INR |
| 16 | Nuwan Thushara | 1.60 crore INR |
| 17 | Devdutt Padikal | 2 Crore INR |
| 18 | Swastik Chikara | 30 Lakh INR |
| 19 | Manoj Bhandage | 30 Lakh INR |
| 20 | Lungi Ngidi | 1 Crore INR |
| 21 | Abhinandan Singh | 30 Lakh INR |
| 22 | Mohit Rathee | 30 Lakh INR |
RCB coaches and support staff for IPL 2025
Given below is the full list of Royal Challengers Bangalore coaches and support staff for the 2025 season:
| Role | Coach / Staff |
| Chairman | Prathmesh Mishra |
| Batting Coach and Mentor | Dinesh Karthik |
| Vice President & Head | Rajesh Menon |
| Head of Marketing & Revenue | Nikhil Sosale |
| Head of Content & Digital | Ajith Ramamurthy |
| Head Coach | Andy Flower |
| Assistant Coach | Richard Halsall |
| Bowling Coach | Omkar Salvi |
| Head of Team Operations & Manager | Major Shaminder Singh Sidhu |
| Spin Bowling Coach & Player Identification Manager | Malolan Rangarajan |
| Director of Cricket Operations | Mo Bobat |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Shanker Basu |
| Team Physio | Evan Speechly |
| Team Physio | James Pipe |
| Team Doctor | Dr Shikha Dhaundiyal |
| Team Analyst | Freddie Wilde |
| Assistant Manager | Arihant Jain |
| Athletic Therapist | Navnita Gautam |
| Masseur & Caretaker | Ramesh Mane |
| Masseur | Mangesh |
RCB owner
Meanwhile, United Spirits Ltd. Led by CEO Hina Nagarajan are the owners behind Royal Challengers Bangalore.
RCB best probable starting XI for IPL 2025 season
As of now, RCB have not yet confirmed their captain for IPL 2025, but Virat Kohli remains as the top-pick. The veteran batsman will also likely serve as the team’s opener, followed by Phil Salt, and Patidar. Despite initially lacking left-handers in batting, the team managed to bring in two local stars Manoj Bhandage and Devdutt Padikkal. Moreover, Krunal Pandya will also join them in the role.
Meanwhile, RCB have quite the group of bowlers in the form of Liam Livingstone, Romario Shepherd and Jitesh Sharma. The two overseas stars will likely play as spin and pace-bowling all-rounders. Given below is the team’s best probably starting XI.
- Virat Kohli (C)
- Phil Salt (WK)
- Rajat Patidar
- Krunal Pandya
- Liam Livingstone
- Jitesh Sharma
- Romario Shepherd
- Suyash Sharma
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Josh Hazlewood
- Yash Dayal
Impact player: Manoj Bhandage
Bench:
- Tim David
- Jacob Bethell
- Nuwan Thushara
- Swapnil Singh
- Devdutt Padikkal
- Rasikh Dar
- Lungi Ngidi
- Swastik Chikara
- Mohit Rathee
- Abhinandan Singh