IPL 2026 : Top 4 Players Who Might be Released by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

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The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have successfully advanced to the finals of the IPL 2025 season scheduled for 3 June 2025 at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad after defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Qualifier 1 with a commanding 8-wicket victory, chasing down PBKS’s total of 101 runs in just ten overs.

The massive global fan base of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) is all geared up to witness the team making its fourth appearance in an IPL final, having previously reached the title match in 2009, 2011, and 2016. While a majority of players have undoubtedly led the command of the RCB franchise throughout the IPL 2025 season, a few of them shockingly turned out to be a major disappointment for the squad.

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In this article we will take a look at the top four players who might be released by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise ahead of the IPL 2026 season.

IPL 2026 : Top 4 Players Who Might be Released by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

• Mohit Rathee

The 26-year-old Indian professional cricketer, Mohit Rathee, is at the first spot in our list of the top four players who might not be a part of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) squad in the IPL 2026 edition. The all-rounder, Mohit Rather hailing from Haryana, was acquired by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise for a staggering auction price of 30 lakhs at the TATA IPL 2025 mega-auction held in Jeddah in November 2024.

Mohit Rathee featured in only one match throughout the IPL 2025 season and scored just one run off two deliveries. Additionally, Rathee turned out to be a major disappointment for the RCB squad on the bowling front as well and ended up conceding 29 runs without taking a wicket.

• Abhinandan Singh

At the second spot in our list of the top four players who might be released by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise ahead of the IPL 2026 season, we have right-arm pacer from Uttar Pradesh, Abhinandan Singh, who was picked by Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of IPL 2025 for a whopping base price of INR 30 lakhs.

Despite being a part of the RCB squad, Abhinandan Singh wasn’t given any opportunity to play even a single match throughout the IPL 2025 season. While Abhinandan was anticipated to rule the squad with his dominant exploits on the domestic circuit, wherein he picked up a total of 15 wickets in 11 games for the Lucknow Falcons in the Uttar Pradesh T20 League, the pacer failed to prove his worth for the RCB squad in the IPL 2025 edition.

• Mayank Agarwal

Next, at the third spot in our list of the top four players who might not be a part of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) squad in the IPL 2026 edition, we have the thirty-four year old Indian professional cricketer, Mayank Agarwal, who captains state Karnataka across all formats in domestic cricket and also made his official international debut for the India cricket team on 26 December 2018 against Australia at the MCG.

Mayank Agarwal was officially signed by the RCB franchise for a staggering INR 1 crore, as a replacement for the injured Devdutt Padikkal and was anticipated to dominate the opponent teams in the IPL 2025 season. However, Mayank Agarwal failed to prove his dominance due to his late mid-season inclusion in the game and could only manage to score 71 runs throughout the IPL 2025 season in the three matches that he got to play for the RCB squad.

• Liam Livingstone

Finally, at the fourth spot in our list of the top four players who might be released by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise ahead of the IPL 2026 season, we have the 31-year-old English international cricketer Liam Livingstone, who was acquired by the RCB franchise for a whopping auction price of INR 8.75 crore.

Despite the hefty auction price, Liam Livingstone terribly failed to impress the selectors as well as the fans of the RCB squad and managed to score only 87 runs in a total of nine matches that he played throughout the IPL 2025 season. Therefore, the management of the RCB squad might look out for better options and replace Liam Livingstone in the RCB squad ahead of the IPL 2026 edition.

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