RCB Team SWOT Analysis, Squad, Predictions, Schedule for IPL 2025

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RCB Team SWOT Analysis: IPL 2025: The last season of IPL was full of ups and downs for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The team reached the playoffs by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the last match of the league stage. But then the team was eliminated after losing against Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator and once again the dream of winning the trophy remained unfulfilled.

RCB entered the IPL 2025 mega auction with a purse of Rs 83 crore, but the franchise disappointed the fans. They did not use the RTM card for players like Mohammad Siraj, Glenn Maxwell, Will Jacks and Faf du Plessis.

Royal Challengers Bangalore retained Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal and Rajat Patidar before the mega auction. At the same time, in the auction, the team has done a good job by buying players like Phil Salt, Josh Hazlewood, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma, Rasikh Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Krunal Pandya. In the upcoming season, Rajat Patidar will be seen leading the team. Let us tell you the analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of Royal Challengers Bangalore for the upcoming season of IPL

RCB strength for IPL 2025

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Royal Challengers Bangalore's batting unit looks good for the IPL 2025 season. The team has batsmen like Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Tim David, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma and Rajat Patidar. The middle order of the team looks strong this season as compared to last season. Players like Jitesh Sharma and Tim David will be seen playing the role of finisher. Despite these players, we will give RCB's batting unit a rating of 7 out of 10.

Talking about Bangalore's bowling unit, it looks very strong for the upcoming season. The team has bought fast bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (10.75 crores) and Josh Hazlewood (12.50 crores) in the auction. He can be seen getting them wickets in the powerplay. At the same time, the team also has bowlers like Yash Dayal Rasikh Dar, Nuwan Tushara, Suyash Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Krunal Pandya. We would give RCB's bowling unit a rating of 8 out of 10.

RCB Weakness For IPL 2025

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Royal Challengers Bangalore definitely have power hitters in the form of Phil Salt, Tim David, and Livingstone, but the team may face difficulties away from home, especially on spin-friendly pitches. Because Tim David and Devdutt Padikkal do not play spin that well. At the same time, RCB does not have any replacements for Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohli. If any of the two players gets injured or is not in form, then the team may get into trouble.

RCB Opportunities For IPL 2025

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Royal Challengers Bangalore has completely changed its team compared to last season. The team's bowling unit is completely different and the team has explosive batsmen for the middle order and finisher role. If the players on whom the franchise has shown confidence in the auction perform well, then the team has a great chance to win the trophy.

RCB Threats For IPL 2025

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RCB does not have any replacement for Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohli. If any of the two players gets injured or is not in form, then the team may get into trouble.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Full Squad for ipl 2025

Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Tushara, Manoj Bhandaage, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathi, Abhinandan Singh, Lungi Ngidi

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RCB Schedule for IPL 2025

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