Released players: Raju Bhatkal, CM Gautam, Mohammad Kaif, Abrar Kazi, Charl Langeveldt, Dirk Nannes, Ryan Ninan, Prashanth Parameswaran, Asad Pathan, Luke Pomersbach, Rilee Rossouw, S Thiyagarajan.

team:AB de Villiers, Abhimanyu Mithun, Andrew McDonald, Arun Karthik, Cheteshwar Pujara, Chris Gayle, Daniel Vettori, Harshal Patel, KP Appanna, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, Muttiah Muralitharan, Vinay Kumar, S Aravind, Saurabh Tiwary, Syed Mohammad, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Vijay Zol, Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan.

Present cost of squad $9.7m, Salary cap remaining $2.8m, Indian players 14, Overseas players 6

dirk nannes didn’t get a lot of chance to prove himself for us , he has been released

Yes very gud decision frm rcb ..  We need thiwary to through out….

They could have released some additional players to have more funds

Tiwary - strokeless wonder, not worth the money.  If wanted they could have got him back at lower price since noone will bid him so high as RCB Did

Arun karthik -  Not taken opportunities given to him

Vettori -  People might not agree with me, but again we can get better T20 players.  His fitness is also not thatgreat.

we desperately need
1 domestic batsman
1 domestic bowler

4 overseas players will definitely be selected from AB, Dilshan, Vettori, Murali, Gayle. Except in case on injury or non availability, I dont see anyone else getting a game. So, not much of a point in buying foreigners unless u get a low cost all rounder like Styris or Hopes or Ryder

So, IMHO stratergy for RCB should be (in this preference order) :
1. buy Venugopal Rao
2. buy Unadkat/Pankaj Singh
3. buy an overseas allrounder (Hopes/Ryder/Styris)
4. buy Owais Shah
5. buy Collingwood (if he is still fit to play)

Would have loved to get one domestic keeper but no one is available

So our playing XI:
1. Gayle
2. Dilshan
3. Kohli
4. AB De Villiers
5. Venugopal/Pujara
6. Tiwari
7. Mayank Agarwal
8. Zaheer Khan
9. Vinay Kumar
10. Daniel Vettori/Murali
11. Syed Mohammad/Unadkat/Pankaj Singh

v should let go tiwari for god sake

then v would have had our purse full

good that v let out many foreigners, as only 4 can be played in final 11

I would say we should get Robin Bist from DD.Many might not know about him but he is an exceptional talent.
He is just similar to Virat Kohli,nice strokeplay,good temperament,very consistent and storming in Indian domestic tournaments.
In Rajasthan’s Ranji campaign success in last couple of years,this guy has played a large role as well.
In foreigners list,I would love to see Davy Jacobs and Steve Smith,strengthening our team.
Saurabh Tiwary,eventhough has failed for us in both the season might be a boon this time around.Similarly he was not a big hit in MI campaign for first two seasons,but they knew his real value in the third season.Even he used to practise his stroke personally with Sachin Tendulkar himself.May be he is feeling a bit of unsecured amongst the new guys.Hope he adjusts well and play better as his potential says.

Hope to see some good picks from us and even other teams so that competition becomes tough.

Cheers!!!!

well robin bist , really don’t know abt his talent :( 
vettori should hv been dropped , his fitness is a main concern , moreover he might sit on the bench like the last season when kohli was made captain

yeah true, if tiwary was left out , we would had enuf money

Prasanth Parameswaran IS WITH RCB SCROLL DOWN IN RCB TEAM MENU

but according to ipl website in RCB team there is no prashanth parameshwaran

RCB should confirm abt him

We need Starc!

time to bring indian players in team

Saurabh Tiwary should have been left too.. Then RCB wud hav got more money for the next auction..

no yar tiwary canperform just need right time

sudhirRCCB - 04 November 2012 06:20 PM

no yar tiwary canperform just need right time

He hasnt even played a single good knock during 2 complete ipl seasons and a champions league. Now how can we expect him to play well in the forthcoming season??????

we’ve to wait and watch for tiwary . hope he performs well

SURELY HE WILL