ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (RCB)

Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal and Glenn Maxwell

If Dhoni is the identity for CSK in IPL, Virat Kohli oozes the mentality of what RCB wants to project. Though Kohli might not captain the team in IPL 2022, he is still expected to be retained. Apart from him, Yuzvendra Chahal and Devdutt Padikkal are the most likely Indian players to keep their spots in the franchise.

For foreign retention, RCB will need to make the tough decision between AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell. But if logic and sense prevail Maxwell should pip De Villiers, who is 37 and doesn’t play much in any other leagues as well.  

DELHI CAPITALS (DC)

Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, and Akshar Patel

The Delhi Capitals have chosen to go ahead with Rishabh Pant as their team’s leader, as reports suggested that Shreyas Iyer will be moving on from the franchise in search of captaincy opportunities. Pant and opener Prithvi Shaw are expected to be the first-choice retentions for the DC unit.

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Then they can go for the all-around skills of Akshar Patel and for the foreign player, DC might prefer Anrich Nortje over his more famous South African colleague Kagiso Rabada, given Nortje’s performance and consistency in the past two seasons.