IPL Retention 2019: Ranking the teams based on retained players

#4 Royal Challengers Bangalore

The RCB management finally seems to have got their strategy together. The intentions are clear that the team lacks quality Indian players who can take up responsibilities, which puts too much pressure on Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers.

Moeen Ali and Marcus Stoinis batting around them will give them some stability. They seem to address this first by releasing underperforming players like Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Corey Anderson, Sarfraz Khan, and Aniket Chowdhry. This will help ease up the purse for the upcoming auctions.

The team has retained a formidable core and with a sizeable purse available. They can pull the strings for impact players like Carlos Brathwaite and Jonny Bairstow.

The trade of Mandeep Singh for an Aussie all-rounder in Stoinis who is in form is a steal for RCB.

Retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya,

Released: Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Sarfraz Khan

Traded: Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis

Salary cap available: 18.15 cr

Available slots: 10; Indian 8, Overseas 2