After missing out on Australia captain Pat Cummins, who was sold for Rs 20.5 crore by SRH, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) went all in for West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph. Joseph, who came in with a base price of Rs 1 crore, was involved in a bidding war between RCB, Delhi Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Kings. RCB eventually got him for Rs 11.5 crore. Yash Dayal, who released by Gujarat Titans ahead of the auction, was also bought by the franchise for Rs 5 crore.
The franchise also pulled off a couple of steals, signing England all-rounder Tom Curran and New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson for Rs 1.5 crore and Rs 2 crore, respectively.
Here is the list of all the players bought by RCB:
1. Alzarri Joseph (Rs 11.5 crore)
2. Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore)
3. Tom Curran (Rs 1.5 crore)
4. Lockie Ferguson (Rs 2 crore)
5. Saurav Chuahan (Rs 20 lakh)
6. Swapnil Singh (Rs 20 lakh)
Players retained: Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijaykumar
Players released: Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Players traded in: Mayank Dagar, Cameron Green (traded from Mumbai Indians).