Royal Challengers Bangalore secured Jitesh Sharma for a whopping Rs 11 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. Sharma's salary increased by 55 times his previous IPL earnings. RCB bought Sharma to fill the wicketkeeper-batter role vacated by Dinesh Karthik.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has faced online criticism after creating a separate social media handle for Hindi-speaking fans or those who don’t understand English. The new X (formerly Twitter) account, named "Royal Challengers Bengaluru Hindi" with the handle "@RCBinHindi," has stirred controversy among Kannada speakers.

Virat Kohli has reportedly shown interest in leading the team again. The RCB mainstay has endured a topsy turvy journey with the franchise, but looks ready to spearhead the team for at least the next cycle.

Meanwhile, RCB bought Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood and England all-rounder Liam Livingston for ₹ 8.5 crore in the IPL Auction 2025.

RCB's director of cricket Mo Bobat dropped a massive captaincy update on Virat Kohli, and made a huge revelation.

The team made the decision to release Faf du Plessis, who served as captain in the previous season, signaling that Kohli would resume his leadership role.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) retained Virat Kohli for Rs 21 crore and it is expected ace batter will captain RCB again.

Many fans expected ​​RCB to go for KL Rahul. However, they surprisingly stopped bidding after Rs 10.75 crore. They also let Yuzvendra Chahal go, and even did not opt to exercise their Right to Match card on either Mohammed Siraj or Glenn Maxwell.