Royal Challengers Bangalore player retentions: 10 players out including Moeen Ali and Aaron Finch

Find out who is coming and going from the franchise ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League

Moeen Ali and Aaron Finch have been released by Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.

Moeen and Finch are two of 10 players not to have been retained by RCB for the new campaign.

Pathiv Patel, who has retired, and South African bowler Dale Steyn will not take part in the upcoming season.

Twelve players have been retained, while Harsal Patel and Daniel Sams have been traded from Delhi Capitals.

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"We made some good progress last year. We wanted to reward players in that respect but we knew we had some gaps in certain areas of the game," head coach Mike Hesson said.

"There were some injuries, retirements and unavailabilities but we're very happy with the 12 players we've kept on board."

Chris Morris, the South African allrounder, also misses out, freeing up 10 crore for the upcoming IPL mini auction.

"There's a bit of a risk. We think he's a very good option but at a price of 10 crore he'll be back in the auction and we'll see what happens there," Hesson said.

Squad: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Harshal Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams

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