IPL 2014: 5 players Royal Challengers Bangalore could retain

3. AB de Villiers

Retaining AB de Villiers should be a no-brainer for the RCB management. The South African is arguably the best batsman in the world across the three formats of the game at the current moment. He always seems to find answers to whatever the questions the cricketing Gods examine him with.

The world’s number one Test batsman can do it all with the bat. You name it – building an innings, getting his team out of a hole, building huge towers on the Manhattan graph at the end the innings – he can do it all.

One more thing that should guarantee AB’s retention is the fact there are very few top class wicket-keepers available in the auction. Hence, Vijay Mallya and co. will be taking a huge gamble if they don’t secure the services of the exceptional 29-year-old before the auction next month.

Retention Possibility: 90%