AI-predicted IPL 2025 squad for RCB ft. KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc

IPL 2025 Auction is only a few days away. The countdown for the mega auction has started, and all eyes are on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team management once again. RCB have retained only three players — Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, and Yash Dayal — ahead of the new season.

The team management has to assemble the rest of the squad at the IPL 2025 Auction. While most fans feel RCB will use the RTM cards to re-sign Mohammed Siraj and Glenn Maxwell, there will still be plenty of other spots vacant in the team.

2024 has been the year of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, and here's what Meta AI thinks the RCB squad will look like after the IPL 2025 mega auction.

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Top Order - Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Rajat Patidar

Meta AI seems to have ignored most uncapped players but it selected 15 names to assemble a great squad on paper. In the top order, Meta AI added wicketkeeper KL Rahul to the mix along with retained players Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar.

There have been rumors of Rahul moving from Lucknow Super Giants to RCB before the mega auction. He can still return to his home franchise if they manage to secure his services at the mega auction, which Meta AI thinks they will.

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Middle Order - Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone and David Miller

While Meta AI did not pick any overseas player for the top order, it went with an all-overseas lineup for the middle order. As per the AI tool, RCB will bring back Will Jacks to the team after his phenomenal performance in IPL 2024.

Another English name present in the AI-predicted squad is Liam Livingstone, who has been let go by the Punjab Kings. South African finisher David Miller has also earned a spot in Bengaluru's predicted IPL 2025 squad.

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All-rounders - Washington Sundar and Yudhvir Singh Charak

Meta AI chose two all-rounders to balance the team. As per the tool, Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar will return to his former franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the upcoming IPL 2025 Auction.

Joining Sundar in the all-rounder section will be Yudhvir Singh Charak, who is an uncapped player. Yudhvir is a handy pace-bowling all-rounder from Jammu, who played five matches for LSG over the last two seasons.

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Bowlers - Yash Dayal, Mitchell Starc, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Yuzvendra Chahal and Naveen-ul-Haq

Left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal has already been retained by RCB for the next season. As per Meta AI, another left-arm bowler will join him in the pace attack, and he is none other than Mitchell Starc, who was the hero for the Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2024 triumph.

Besides, Meta AI expects Yuzvendra Chahal to lead the spin attack, while it bolstered the pace attack by adding three top-quality right-arm options in Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, and Naveen-ul-Haq. It will be interesting to see if RCB indeed sign Naveen after his heated arguments with Virat Kohli in IPL 2023.

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Meta AI predicted RCB squad for IPL 2025

Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks, David Miller, Washington Sundar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Yash Dayal, Mitchell Starc, Akash Deep, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohammed Siraj, and Yuzvendra Chahal.