According to the report in ESPN, Royal Challengers Bangalore have released a few of the underperforming players and the players who they haven’t used in IPL 2020. Ahead of the 2021 auction, they has left out big names like Aaron Finch, Shivam Dube among others.

Here is the full list-

RCB retained players:

Virat Kohli

AB de Villiers

Yuzvendra Chahal

Devdutt Padikkal

Washington Sundar

Mohammed Siraj

Navdeep Saini

Adam Zampa

Shahbaz Ahmed

Josh Philippe

Kane Richardson

Pawan Deshpande

IPL Retention Announcement 🔊 Here’s the news you’ve been waiting for, 12th Man Army. We have retained 12 stars from our 2020 squad. 🌟🤩#PlayBold #IPL2021 #WeAreChallengers pic.twitter.com/YkzSV3EUjU

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) January 20, 2021

RCB released players:

Moeen Ali
Shivam Dube
Gurkeerat Singh Mann
Aaron Finch
Chris Morris
Pavan Negi
Parthiv Patel (retired)
Dale Steyn (pulled out)
Isuru Udana
Umesh Yadav

RCB also have bought Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel from Delhi Capitals by trade. The team opted for all-cash trade.

A BOLD welcome to Daniel Sams and @HarshalPatel23 as they join the RCB family for the 2021 season. 🤩#PlayBold #NowARoyalChallenger #WelcomeDanSams #WelcomeHarshalPatel #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/m6bXT9s6jp

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) January 20, 2021