IPL 2017 list of players retained and released by The Royal Challengers Bangalore

The Royal Challengers Bangalore is an Indian Premier League franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka.

The RCB team was purchased by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it, 2nd highest bid after Reliance Industries Ltd. Later the team was bought by Diageo through United Spirits Limited. Siddharth Mallya, Vijay Mallya's son acts as the director of team. Retired Indian cricketer Brijesh Patel, serves as the CEO for the team.

The home ground of the Royal Challengers is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. RCB is current anthem is "Play Bold Royal Challengers". The Royal Challengers Bangalore have a purse balance of Rs 12.825 crore for the upcoming IPL Season 10 player auction. Their current squad strength is 20.

List of players retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Player Name	Bid Amount (in Rs)
Virat Kohli	1250,00,000
AB de Villiers	950,00,000
Chris Gayle	750,00,000
Mitchell Starc	500,00,000
Yuzvendra Singh Chahal	10,00,000
Harshal Patel	40,00,000
Mandeep Hardev Singh	80,00,000
Adam Milne	70,00,000
Sarfaraz Naushad Khan	50,00,000
Sreenath Arvind	10,00,000
Kedar Jadhav	217,50,000
Shane Watson	950,00,000
Stuart Binny	200,00,000
Samuel Badree	50,00,000
Travis Head	50,00,000
Sachin Baby	10,00,000
Iqbal Abdullah	10,00,000
KL Rahul	100,00,000
Avesh Khan	10,00,000
Tabraiz Shamsi	10,00,000
Salary Cap Spent	5317,50,000
Balance of Salary Cap	1282,50,000
No of Players	20
No of Overseas Players	8

List of players released by The Royal Challengers Bangalore: