Franchise XI
Build the all-time Royal Challengers Bengaluru XI
Royal Challengers Bengaluru has 376 player-seasons across 19 years of Indian T20 history (2008–2026). Spin their seasons, draft eleven across the club's whole history within the 125 Cr purse, and simulate sixteen matches. Can the all-time Royal Challengers Bengaluru XI go a perfect 16-0?
The club in the book
Royal Challengers Bengaluru — Royal Challengers Bangalore for most of the seasons on this shelf — are the batting-first franchise of Indian T20 history, and their draft pool is shaped exactly like the club's story: staggering peaks, expensive middles, and one man everywhere. Virat Kohli has nineteen seasons in the book, from a quiet 2008 debut to the record 973-run 2016 that stands as the highest-rated batting season in the entire game.
The lost finals of 2009, 2011 and 2016 finally gave way to a title in 2025, but for drafting purposes the club's wealth was always obvious: Kohli 2016 and AB de Villiers' 687-run 2016 in the same roster, Faf du Plessis' 730-run 2023 at 9.2 Cr, and a bowling surprise at the top — Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 28-wicket 2026 is the third-highest-rated season on the entire shelf. The bargain of bargains is Yuzvendra Chahal's 2015: 23 wickets for 0.20 Cr, the best value pick in the whole game.
Player-seasons to know
Virat Kohli · RCB 2016
973 runs at SR 152 · 23.7 Cr — The highest-rated batting season in the game
AB de Villiers · RCB 2016
687 runs at SR 169 · 18.0 Cr — The other half of the most feared top order ever
Faf du Plessis · RCB 2023
730 runs at SR 154 · 9.2 Cr — Elite output at less than half Kohli-2016 money
Yuzvendra Chahal · RCB 2015
23 wickets at eco 8.86 · 0.20 Cr — The single best value pick in the entire pool
Top all-time Royal Challengers Bengaluru runs
Pos
Player
Result
Strength
Purse
01
Hemanth Varma
16–0
Strength111.4
Purse₹ 120.69 CR
02
AJITH MICHAELS
16–0
Strength110.7
Purse₹ 115.36 CR
03
Good Squad
16–0
Strength109.3
Purse₹ 118.24 CR
04
TheKingPt.3
16–0
Strength108.7
Purse₹ 111.74 CR
05
BEST RCB I could put.
16–0
Strength108.5
Purse₹ 99.37 CR
06
Arham
16–0
Strength108.3
Purse₹ 111.08 CR
07
Slash
16–0
Strength108.0
Purse₹ 109.41 CR
08
@koko249
16–0
Strength107.9
Purse₹ 122.15 CR
09
Purvi
16–0
Strength107.3
Purse₹ 119.32 CR
10
Ashwani Mishra
16–0
Strength107.2
Purse₹ 117.61 CR
FAQ
How many Royal Challengers Bengaluru player-seasons are in the draft pool?
312 playable player-seasons across all 19 years from 2008 to 2026, including nineteen Virat Kohli seasons — the longest single-player run in the game. Older years appear under the era name fans knew: Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Is 2016 Virat Kohli the best season in the game?
It is the highest-rated batting season in the entire draft pool — 973 runs at a strike rate of 152, costing 23.7 Cr. Only one season in the whole game rates above it overall, so for a Bengaluru all-time XI it is the natural cornerstone if the purse can carry it.
Which Bengaluru season is the deepest to draft from?
The 2026 roster rates as the club's deepest single season in the pool, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 28-wicket year and an elite late-career Kohli in the same squad. The famous 2016 side runs it close on pure top-end talent.