This forced the RCB auction panel, led by head coach Mike Hesson, to look for another option, which they found in South African bowling all-rounder Chris Morris and bought him for Rs 10 crore.
RCB also bagged a top-order batsman in Australian limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch for Rs 4.4 crore to add to the firepower of Kohli and AB de Villiers. The Bangalore IPL team strengthened their bowling line-up with some late buys — Australia’s Kane Richardson for Rs 4.4 crore and South African Dale Steyn for Rs 2 crore. One of the under-rated picks of the IPL 2020 auction — Joshua Phillipe, who burst on to the cricketing scene with a blistering 44-ball 81 for Sydney Sixers in the ongoing Big Bash League — was also bought by RCB, at his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Here are the key numbers for RCB after the IPL 2020 auction:
Squad Strength: 21
Overseas players: 8
Players bought in auction: 8 (Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Joshua Philippe, Kane Richardson, Pavan Deshpande and Shahbaz Ahmad)
Purse remaining: Rs 6.4 crore
Full list of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL 2020 players along with their salaries:
| Player | Team | Retained/bought | Price (Rs cr) |
| Virat Kohli | RCB | Retained | 17.00 |
| A B de Villiers | RCB | Retained | 11.00 |
| Chris Morris | RCB | Bought | 10.00 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | RCB | Retained | 6.00 |
| Shivam Dube | RCB | Retained | 5.00 |
| Aaron Finch | RCB | Bought | 4.40 |
| Umesh Yadav | RCB | Retained | 4.20 |
| Kane Richardson | RCB | Bought | 4.00 |
| Washington Sundar | RCB | Retained | 3.20 |
| Navdeep Saini | RCB | Retained | 3.00 |
| Mohammed Siraj | RCB | Retained | 2.60 |
| Dale Steyn | RCB | Bought | 2.00 |
| Moeen Ali | RCB | Retained | 1.70 |
| Parthiv Patel | RCB | Retained | 1.70 |
| Pawan Negi | RCB | Retained | 1.00 |
| Gurkeerat Mann Singh | RCB | Retained | 0.50 |
| Isuru Udana | RCB | Bought | 0.50 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | RCB | Retained | 0.20 |
| Joshua Philippe | RCB | Bought | 0.20 |
| Pavan Deshpande (uncapped) | RCB | Bought | 0.20 |
| Shahbaz Ahmad (uncapped) | RCB | Bought | 0.20 |
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