IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Full New Squad List

Faf du Plessis to Captain as we look at the full new squad and players list for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for IPL 2024.

It’s 2024, and the year will marked in history for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (Now Bengaluru). It has been 17 years, but the Mean’s RCB team unlike teams like CSK are yet to win an IPL trophy. But the brand RCB has finally managed to win their maiden trophy, albeit with the help of the Women’s team, who in their second season have created history by winning the WPL trophy. 

What’s more, the brand RCB has also changed their name from Royal Challengers Bangalore to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. It has been a season of news for the Brand RCB. So, does that mean, we can keep our hopes high for the Men’s team in IPL 2024? Well, who knows what’s in store for RCB fans, but the team does look promising with some minor issues in the bowling department. 

The RCB squad for 2024 will see Faf du Plessis as their captain, who will be captaining the side for the third consecutive year. Virat Kohli will once again play freely as a player, which will only help him and the side. So, with the official names in front of us, let’s look at the full new squad and players list for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for IPL 2024. 

IPL 2024 Players List Explained for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Batters – Faf du Plessis (c&f), Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli & Will Jacks (f)

Let’s start the analysis of the RCB squad by seeing their batters. The team has six pure batters in the side. Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, and Rajat Patidar remain the most important batters for RCB for IPL 2024. Whereas the other three batters Saurav Chauhan, Suyash Prabhudessai, and Will Jacks will be the key backup batters for RCB.  

WKs – Anuj Rawat & Dinesh Karthik

Talking about the keepers, RCB have only two names in their side in the form of Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik. It is a surprise that RCB have hired only two keepers, and that too Indian keepers. So, RCB have made it obvious that one of these two will definitely in the first-choice playing 11. Of the two, Dinesh Karthik seems the most competent to feature in the playing 11. 

All-rounders – Cameron Green (f), Glenn Maxwell (f), Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Swapnil Singh & Tom Curran (f)

Talking about the all-rounders, RCB have seven names in their side. Cameron Green and Glenn Maxwell remain the most important All-rounders for RCB for IPL 2024. With these two definitely featuring in the primary playing 11, the likes of Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Swapnil Singh, and Tom Curran will act as key backups.  

Bowlers – Himanshu Sharma & Karn Sharma, Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph (f), Lockie Ferguson (f), Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley (f), Vyshak Vijaykumar & Yash Dayal

Finally, talking about the bowling for RCB, there are a total of 10 names to explore. Among the spinners, RCB have Karn Sharma and Himanshu Sharma. Whereas for the pace bowling, RCB have eight names in the side. Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson, and Reece Topley remain the most important pacers in the side. Other than these three, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, and Vyshak Vijaykumar will also play a lot of matches for RCB.   

IPL 2024 Full New Squad List for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Batters: Faf du Plessis (c&f), Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli & Will Jacks (f)

WKs: Anuj Rawat & Dinesh Karthik

All-rounders: Cameron Green (f), Glenn Maxwell (f), Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Swapnil Singh & Tom Curran (f)

Bowlers: Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph (f), Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson (f), Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley (f), Vyshak Vijaykumar & Yash Dayal

So, that’s about the complete official squad and players list for RCB for IPL 2024. Overall, RCB have 25 members in their squad. In terms of RCB’s key players for IPL 2024, we should see Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, and Mohammed Siraj. 

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