Full List of 223 Players to Have Represented RCB Till Date

Royal Challengers Bangalore – never won a trophy in 17 editions of the Indian Premier League, but still the most popular franchise side in the tournament. From Zaheer Khan to Chris Gayle, all of the top Indian and international legends have played for RCB at one point of time or the other, right form inception in IPL 2008 to the most recent mega auction for IPL 2025.

We’ve put up a ridiculously long list of 223 players to have represented RCB from 2008 till date (updated before IPL 2025). Some of them have played matches for the team while others were purchased but didn’t get any game time. You’ll be surprised with some of the names in the list, so hurry up and let’s take a deep dive into this list of all RCB players of all-time.

Full List of Players to Have Represented RCB Till Date

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The first RCB squad for IPL 2008 had 25 fresh players and the immediately next season of IPL 2009 had a lot of changes too, with as many as 23 new players being purchased which helped them reach the IPL 2009 final in South Africa. The original squad included Team India greats like Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Wasim Jaffer, Zaheer Khan, and others.

Dravid and Kumble were actual Bangalore boys while as time passed, players from other states and even from abroad became loved as ‘RCB boys’. Who knew that many years later, a packed Chinnaswamy Stadium would be shouting ‘ABD, ABD, ABD, ABD,’ for South Africa’s AB de Villiers, treating him as one of the their own. See the full list of RCB players below:

IPL 2008 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
1Rahul Dravid (C)2008-2010521,132
2Mark Boucher2008-201031393
3Shivnarine Chanderpaul2008325
4Bharat Chipli2008320
5Shreevats Goswami2008-20107143
6Wasim Jaffer2008-20098130
7Virat Kohli (C)2008-20242678,4284
8Misbah-ul-Haq20088117
9Ross Taylor2008-201031733
10Cameron White2008-2010202261
11Sunil Joshi2008461
12Jacques Kallis2008-2010461,27130
13Ashley Noffke2008191
14Abdur Razzak20081
15Balachandra Akhil2008-201018818
16KP Appanna2008-20121429
17Zaheer Khan2008-2013446749
18Praveen Kumar2008-20104720241
19Anil Kumble (C)2008-2010513753
20Dale Steyn2008-2020401638
21Vinay Kumar2008-20137025280
22Nathan Bracken
23Neravanda Aiyappa
24Jagadeesh Arunkumar2008323
25Devraj Patil2008213

Some of these RCB boys had shorter careers but the likes of Virat Kohli played their entire IPL career for RCB, from IPL 2008 till the most latest season in IPL 2025. Kohli holds the record for having played the most career matches for RCB, with 267 games to his name before the IPL 2025 season. After him is AB de Villiers (157 games) and Yuzvendra Chahal (113 games).

Many were picked in IPL auctions but didn’t play a game because of personal withdrawals, or forced exits thanks to injuries. One example was Australia’s Nathan Bracken who was picked for RCB in IPL 2008 but didn’t get a game for the first couple of seasons. Later when he was picked for IPL 2011, he dropped out of the competition. In IPL 2008, Pakistan players were allowed to participate, and former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq also made the RCB squad that year.

IPL 2009 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
26Rajesh Bishnoi2009319
27Chidhambaram Gautam
28Ishank Jaggi
29Manish Pandey2009-201024569
30Robin Uthappa2009-201040706
31Kevin Pietersen (C)2009-2010133297
32Saurabh Bandekar
33Raju Bhatkal2009-20121
34Gaurav Dhiman
35Kedar Jadhav2009-202319321
36Jesse Ryder20095563
37Roelof van der Merwe2009-20101512615
38Sreenath Aravind2009-2017447051
39Bhuvneshwar Kumar
40Abhimanyu Mithun2009-201317389
41Pankaj Singh2009-2010524
42Karn Sharma2009-2024173517
43Rangaraj Suthesh
44Dillon du Preez20092104
45Udit Patel
46Jitendra Patil
47RK Sabharwal
48Tinu Yohannan

As many as 81 players have played 10 or more matches for RCB over their IPL careers, with some of them starting their career with RCB and then rejoining the squad a few seasons later. In terms of individual records, Kohli is the leading run scorer for RCB over the years, with 8,428 runs under his belt; Chahal leads the wicket-takers charts with 139 scalps to his name.

In terms of leading the side, there have only been 7 people on the Royal Challengers Bangalore captains list. It began with Rahul Dravid leading in IPL 2008, while the latest captain was Faf du Plessis between IPL 2022 to IPL 2024. Kohli has led the side the most number of times, in 143 matches, while Shane Watson led RCB the least number of times – 3 matches.

IPL 2010 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
49Eoin Morgan2010635
50Steven Smith
51Sridharan Sriram20101270

IPL 2011 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
52Mayank Agarwal2011-201335492
53Arun Karthik2011-20132067
54AB de Villiers2011-20211574,522
55Mohammad Kaif2011-201213102
56Luke Pomersbach2011551
57Cheteshwar Pujara2011-201314143
58Rilee Rossouw2011-2015553
59Saurabh Tiwary2011-201346578
60Jonathan Vandiar
61Daniel Vettori (C)2011-20122811624
62BN Bharath
63Tillakaratne Dilshan2011-2013307332
64Chris Gayle2011-2017913,42013
65Ryan Ninan2011233
66Johan van der Wath20113183
67Nuwan Pradeep
68Abrar Kazi2011112
69Charl Langeveldt2011385
70Dirk Nannes201184
71Asad Pathan2011-2012839
72Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad2011-2013154510

Because of how long he’s spent with the team, Kohli owns many of the RCB all-time records, even some of the unwanted ones. He also holds the record for most ducks for an RCB batsman in the IPL, with 11 ducks to his name. AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell are close behind him with 8 ducks each, while Harshal Patel and Dinesh Karthik have 6 ducks each.

With the ball, only 4 RCB players have managed to pick up IPL 5-wicket hauls till date. These include Anil Kumble in IPL 2009, Jaydev Unadkat in IPL 2013, Harshal Patel in IPL 2021, and Wanindu Hasaranga in IPL 2022. Kumble has the best figures for any RCB bowler till date, picking 5/5 in that IPL 2009 season where RCB made an IPL final for the first time ever.

IPL 2012 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
73Karun Nair2012-201329
74Andrew McDonald2012-20135476
75Muthiah Muralidaran2012-201421621
76Harshal Patel2012-20238015599
77Prasanth Parameswaran201235
78S Thiyagarajan
79Vijay Zol2012-2014329

IPL 2013 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
80Sheldon Jackson
81Abhinav Mukund2013119
82KL Rahul2013-201619417
83Sunny Sohal
84Chris Barnwell
85Dan Christian2013-202111204
86Moises Henriques2013101657
87Murali Kartik20131129
88Ravi Rampaul2013-2014125114
89Sandeep Warrier
90RP Singh20131113
91Jaydev Unadkat201313213

In the early years, there was a tournament called Champions League T20, where winners of the top T20 franchise leagues from around the world battled it out together. Some of the players on this list represented RCB in the Champions League but never played an IPL game for the side, like Neravanda Aiyappa, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and others. Note: This list includes ONLY IPL records for RCB.

IPL 2014 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
92Tanmay Mishra
93Parthiv Patel2014-201932731
94Yuvraj Singh2014143765
95Nic Maddinson2014-2015320
96Albie Morkel20147454
97Varun Aaron2014-2016244121
98Abu Nechim2014-20157144
99Yuzvendra Chahal2014-202111332139
100Ashok Dinda2014-20151145
101Shadab Jakati20141
102Sachin Rana2014973
103Mitchell Starc2014-2015279634
104Yogesh Takawale20145104

RCB made the maximum utilisation of their squad in IPL 2008, where they used 23 of their 25 squad members through the season, except for Neravanda Aiyappa and Nathan Bracken. Post that season however, there have been several occasions where a player was picked but didn’t get a single game.


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Of these, the most popular cricketers to make the RCB squad and not make an appearance include Steve Smith, Subramaniam Badrinath, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (until IPL 2025), Finn Allen, Scott Kuggeleijn, Dushmantha Chameera, Jason Behrendorff, and others.

IPL 2015 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
105Subramaniam Badrinath
106Shishir Bhavane
107Manvinder Bisla2015237
108Dinesh Karthik2015-202460937
109Sarfaraz Khan2015-201825228
110Sean Abbott2015215
111Iqbal Abdulla2015-2017156212
112Jalaj Saxena
113Mandeep Singh2015-201840597
114Daren Sammy2015213
115David Wiese2015-20161512716
116Adam Milne2015-2017574

IPL 2016 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
117Travis Head2016-2017102052
118Sachin Baby2016-2021151412
119Stuart Binny2016-2017221415
120Parvez Rasool20164101
121Shane Watson (C)2016-20172425025
122Praveen Dubey
123Chris Jordan20169311
124Akshay Karnewar
125Vikramjeet Malik
126Kane Richardson2016-2021518
127Tabraiz Shamsi201643
128Vikas Tokas
129Samuel Badree2016-20177139

IPL 2017 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
130Harpreet Singh
131Vishnu Vinod2017319
132Avesh Khan201711
133Aniket Choudhary20175255
134Tymal Mills2017585
135Pawan Negi2017-20192115620
136Billy Stanlake201722

IPL 2018 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
137Quinton de Kock20188201
138Aniruddha Joshi
139Brendon McCullum20186127
140Manan Vohra2018455
141Moeen Ali2018-20201930910
142Corey Anderson20183173
143Colin de Grandhomme2018-2019131772
144Pavan Deshpande
145Washington Sundar2018-20213120819
146Chris Woakes20185178
147Nathan Coulter-Nile
148Murugan Ashwin2018213
149Kulwant Khejroliya2018-201953
150Mohammed Siraj2018-20248710983
151Navdeep Saini2018-2021283117
152Tim Southee2018-201911616
153Umesh Yadav2018-2020272828

After making the final in IPL 2009, RCB didn’t tinker much with their squad for IPL 2010, making only 3 new purchases that season. In all these years of being active as an IPL franchise, the only season they played all their newly purchased players was in IPL 2020, where 6 new players all took the field for at least 3 games each.

IPL 2019 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
154Gurkeerat Singh Mann2019-202011169
155Shimron Hetmyer2019590
156Himmat Singh
157Heinrich Klaasen201939
158Akshdeep Nath2019861
159Devdutt Padikkal2019-202129884
160Shivam Dube2019-2020151694
161Milind Kumar
162Marcus Stoinis2019102112
163Prayas Ray Barman2019119

IPL 2020 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
164Aaron Finch202012268
165Josh Philippe2020578
166Chris Morris202093411
167Shahbaz Ahmed2020-20233932114
168Isuru Udana202010158
169Adam Zampa202032

IPL 2021 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
170Srikar Bharat20218191
171Tim David202111
172Mohammed Azharuddeen
173Rajat Patidar2021-202427799
174Finn Allen
175George Garton2021523
176Glenn Maxwell2021-2024521,26618
177Suyash Prabhudessai2021-202411126
178Scott Kuggeleijn
179Daniel Sams2021261
180Akash Deep2022-20248197
181Kyle Jamieson20219659
182Dushmantha Chameera

Because of his long tenure at RCB, Kohli also leads the list for most career catches for the side, with 124 catches over the seasons. Following him are AB de Villiers (70 catches), Mohammed Siraj (28 catches) and Yuzvendra Chahal (24 catches). With the gloves, Dinesh Karthik holds the record for most dismissals for an RCB wicket-keeper – 45 (36 catches + 9 stumpings).

IPL 2022 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
183Faf du Plessis (C)2022-2024451,636
184Anuj Rawat2022-202422318
185Sherfane Rutherford2022333
186Luvnith Sisodia
187Aneeshwar Gautam
188Mahipal Lomror2022-202429346
189David Willey2022-20238534
190Jason Behrendorff
191Siddarth Kaul20221
192Josh Hazlewood2022-2023151923

There are several players who were purchased by RCB over the years but never got a chance to play a game. Keep an eye out for one of them in Manoj Bhandage, who first joined the squad for IPL 2023 but even two seasons later, he’s yet to get a game. He’s had some brilliant performances in domestic cricket which may see him getting a debut come IPL 2025.

IPL 2023 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
193Manoj Bhandage
194Michael Bracewell20235586
195Sonu Yadav
196Will Jacks202382302
197Avinash Singh
198Wayne Parnell2023729
199Rajan Kumar
200Himanshu Sharma2023-20242
201Vijaykumar Vyshak2023-2024111413
202Reece Topley2023-2024535

IPL 2024 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
203Saurav Chauhan2024318
204Tom Curran
205Cameron Green20241325510
206Mayank Dagar202451
207Lockie Ferguson2024719
208Alzarri Joseph202431
209Swapnil Singh20247376
210Yash Dayal20241415

Looking into the RCB squad for IPL 2025, there are some more exciting names to look forward to Making the switch from Kolkata Knight Riders is Phil Salt, who will occupy the opening spot that Faf du Plessis had for the last 3 seasons. In the middle order, there are two more English all-round options who come come straight in, in place of Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green – these are Jacob Bethell and Liam Livingstone.

IPL 2025 – RCB new players list

Sr.NameCareer spanMatchesRunsWickets
211Swastik Chikara
212Phil Salt
213Jitesh Sharma
214Jacob Bethell
215Liam Livingstone
216Mohit Rathee
217Krunal Pandya
218Romario Shepherd
219Lungi Ngidi
220Rasikh Salam
221Suyash Sharma
222Nuwan Thushara
223Abhinandan Singh

They decided to go for another all-rounder in Krunal Pandya, who has a lot of experience in the Indian Premier League over the years. It’ll be interesting to see how he goes in RCB colours, as the team has lacked a quality spinner in recent seasons. Swastik Chikara is another name who has performed well in domestic cricket but is unlikely to get a game in IPL 2025 for now.

This was our complete and ridiculously long list of each and every player to have been added to the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad from IPL 2008 till date. We’ve highlighted their different captains over the years too. For similar IPL 2025 and other cricketing news and updates from around the world, remember to always stay tuned to ReadScoops.com


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