By Admin 
In IPL 2026, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team will be under the most pressure, because this team captained by Rajat Patidar will be defending its title. It is said that becoming a champion may be easy, but maintaining that reign is very difficult. After a wait of 18 years, RCB team became the champion of the Indian Premier League for the first time, defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs in the final.
RCB had retained most of the players from last season’s squad and this time too the team is looking very good. But if Royal Challengers Bangalore wants to become champion again, then know with which playing eleven the Bangalore team can field.
Virat Kohli will lead the top order
Virat will be leading the batting line-up of defending champions RCB, while like last time, Phil Salt can become his opening partner. After him, Devdutt Padikkal and captain Rajat Patidar are well aware of the Indian pitches. However, his individual performance last season was mediocre. He was able to score 312 runs in IPL 2025.
The RCB team has stormy batsmen like Jacob Batchelor and Tim David, who can score fast runs in the middle overs as well as play the role of a finisher, while the all-round department of Bengaluru has been strengthened with the arrival of Venkatesh Iyer. Apart from them, Romario Shepherd and Krunal Pandya can also be seen creating havoc with the ball as well as the bat. There is no doubt that Bengaluru is ahead of other teams in the all-round department.
sharp bowling
Josh Hazlewood was the most successful bowler of RCB last season with 22 wickets. He may miss the first few matches due to injury, but the Bengaluru team and its fans will hope that Hazlewood returns as soon as possible. Apart from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal and Nuwan Thushara, Suyyash Sharma is also an integral part of this team.
Probable playing eleven of RCB: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.