Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav Among Players Released by RCB

The Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore will be changing around their squad for IPL 2021 quite and have released a whole host of players, including the Australian limited overs captain Aaron Finch and South African pacer Chris Morris.

They will be without the likes of Dale Steyn, who opted out of this edition of the IPL, and Parthiv Patel, who announced his retirement on 9 December 2020.

The RCB side have though retained the Australian duo of Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson.

IPL Retention Announcement 🔊 Here’s the news you’ve been waiting for, 12th Man Army. We have retained 12 stars from our 2020 squad. 🌟🤩#PlayBold #IPL2021 #WeAreChallengers pic.twitter.com/YkzSV3EUjU

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) January 20, 2021

Bold Diaries: Mike Hesson explains RCB’s Retention Strategy

Our Director of Cricket Operations, @CoachHesson gives us an insight into the thinking behind the retention and release of players. #PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/GbcY5oCyiW

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) January 20, 2021

Among the other players released by RCB are Moeen Ali, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi and Isuru Udana.

Released: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel

Retained: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa