IPL Auction 2019: Rating the teams based on their performance in the auction

Royal Challengers Bangalore

The Royal Challengers Bangalore came into the auction with Rs. 18.15 crores to spend and unlike the previous seasons, they did a reasonably good job. They started off by buying the Windies star Shimron Hetmyer before purchasing Shivam Dube for Rs. 5 crores, an unknown player in Prayas Ray Barman for 1.5 crores etc. They also made some good buys in the form of Heinrich Klaasen and Devdutt Padikal for a combined price of 70 lakhs.

Players signed: Shimron Hetmyer - 4.20 crores, Gurkeerat Singh - 50 lakhs, Devdutt Padikal - 20 lakhs, Shivam Dube - 5 crores, Heinrich Klaasen - 50 lakhs, Himmat Singh - 65 lakhs, Milind Kumar - 20 lakhs, Prayas Ray Barman - 1.50 crores, Akshdeep Nath - 3.60 crores

Squad: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Kulwant Khejroliya, Moeen Ali, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Tim Southee, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Shimron Hetmyer, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Prayas Barman, Marcus Stoinis and Akshdeep Nath.

Rating: GOOD

Where they rank among 8 teams in the IPL auction: 4/8