Venkatesh Iyer joins RCB in IPL 2026 mini auction, find out which players are in the full squad

These foreign players, including Venkatesh Iyer, joined Royal Challengers Bangalore at the mini-auction held in Abu Dhabi for IPL 2026. Here's the full RCB squad for the 2026 season.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Full Squad For IPL 2026: For the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, a mini auction was held yesterday, i.e. on December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, in which Royal Challengers Bengaluru entered the auction with a purse of Rs 16 crore 40 lakh. Royal Challengers Bengaluru had 8 slots vacant to buy in the IPL auction. This means RCB retained 17 of its players in the team through retention, which also includes a big name like Virat Kohli. This time RCB's biggest purchase in the auction was Venkatesh Iyer, whom Kolkata Knight Riders had released from their team before the auction.

RCB bought 8 players, including 2 foreigners, in the auction.

In this mini auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore added fast-bowling all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer for ₹7 crore (approximately $1.7 billion), making him RCB's most expensive player in the auction. Satvik Deswal, Jacob Duffy, and Mangesh Yadav were also added to the team. RCB acquired a total of eight players, including two foreigners. Following the auction, RCB's squad now has 25 players, including eight foreigners. RCB still has ₹2.5 crore (approximately $1.7 billion) remaining in its purse.

RCB full squad for IPL 2026

Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli , Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer (7 crores), Mangesh Yadav (5.20 crores), Jacob Duffy (2 crores), Jordan Cox (75 lakhs), Satvik Deswal (30 lakhs), Vicky Ostwal (30 lakhs), Kanishk Chauhan (30 lakhs) and Vihaan Malhotra (30 lakhs).

Players included in RCB's team through trade

Royal Challengers Bangalore have not added any players through trading for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League. RCB, on the other hand, have retained their core team from the 2025 season.

Source: X, @IPL