[4] Retained players: Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, AB de Villiers.
Released players: Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Akshdeep Nath, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin de Grandhomme, Prayas Ray Barman, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Himmat Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Milind Kumar.
Their technique looked very perplexing despite the fact that they got some large names like Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, and Kane Richardson.
Players bought: Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pawan Deshpande, Joshua Philippe, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa ESPNcricinfo' wrote "Like Delhi Capitals, the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore could not find their favorite players on many occasions during the auction.
"[5] On 21 September, the Royal Challengers Bangalore started their season campaign defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs.
KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal build the Kings XI innings with a 57-run stand for the first wicket.
Rahul scored 132 off 69 balls with 14 fours and 7 sixes and helped the Kings XI finish the innings at 206/3 in 20 overs.
Kings XI new ball pair of Sheldon Cottrell and Mohammed Shami continued their good work from the first match and Royal Challengers were eventually bowled out for 109.
The defeat margin was the same when Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017 by bowling them out for the lowest IPL score of 49.
AB de Villiers, captain Virat Kohli, and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal were seen in the New Jersey.
[14] On 24 May, India's sports minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the decision on whether or not to allow the tournament to be conducted that year would be made by the union government based on "the situation of the pandemic".