RCB IPL 2026 Auction: What Royal Challengers Bengaluru needs and who it will target
Royal Challengers Bengaluru enters the IPL 2026 auction with one overriding priority: fast-bowling depth. With Josh Hazlewood ruled out of the Ashes and Yash Dayal yet to return to match fitness, RCB’s auction hinges on securing a reliable pace-bowling backup.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Auction Strategy 2026
Primary needs: Overseas fast-bowling backup, Indian pace cover
RCB’s bowling depth is under quiet threat due to workload and injury risk:
Having already been ruled out of the Ashes, Hazlewood could be stretched with a T20 World Cup on the horizon
Dayal has not played since the IPL 2025 final
RCB will almost certainly look for an overseas fast-bowling backup and a domestic seamer who can step in.
Purse remaining: Rs. 16.40 crore
Current squad: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Dar, Swapnil Singh
Published on Dec 10, 2025
