The RCB's wish list does not include Rahul's name...
All the teams have geared up for IPL 2025. If reports are to be believed, the 18th season of IPL will be played from march 14 to May 25. Last month, there was a mega auction for IPL 2025, in which all the teams spent a lot of money to buy the players of their choice. RCB has also bought many strong players in the auction this time. However, everyone was surprised by some decisions of the franchise. One of these was not to buy KL Rahul.
In fact, before the auction, many media reports claimed that RCB would buy KL rahul at any cost. It was even said that RCB would also make rahul the captain. However, now all these news and claims have turned out to be fake. RCB's target players list has come out, which has surprised everyone.
KL Rahul's name is not on this list. Even the names of big players like shreyas iyer and rishabh pant are not on this list. That means all of them were not on RCB's radar. Yes, the names of Yuzvendra chahal and venkatesh Iyer are definitely in RCB's target list. Apart from this, the team also had a plan to buy Tim David and Liam Livingstone, which was also successful.
Apart from this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was also included in RCB's wish list. That is why the franchise has bought Bhuvi by paying a huge amount. At the same time, players like T Natarajan, David Miller and josh Hazlewood were also in RCB's target list. You can see RCB's list below.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team
Josh Hazlewood (Rs 12.50 crore), Phil salt (Rs 11.50 crore), Jitesh Sharma (Rs 11 crore), Liam Livingstone (Rs 8.75 crore), Rasikh Salam (Rs 6 crore), Suyash Sharma (Rs 2.60 crore), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Rs 10.75 crore), krunal pandya (Rs 5.75 crore), Tim David (Rs 3 crore), Jacob Bethell (Rs 2.60 crore), Nuwan Tushara (Rs 1.60 crore), Romario Shepherd (Rs 1.50 crore), Swapnil Singh (Rs 50 lakh), Manoj Bhandage (Rs 30 lakh), Devdutt Padikkal (Rs 2 crore), Lungi Ngidi (Rs 1 crore), Mohit Rathi (Rs 30 lakh), Abhinandan Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Swastik Chikara (Rs 30 lakh)