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Bhuvneshwar Kumar's Team India Return Creates Retention Headache for RCB
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News18•07-10-2026, 14:48
Bhuvneshwar Kumar's Team India Return Creates Retention Headache for RCB
- •Bhuvneshwar Kumar's return to Team India has caused strategic concern for Royal Challengers Bengaluru regarding their player retention planning.
- •Under IPL rules, an Indian player is considered uncapped if they have not played any international match for five years and lack a BCCI central contract.
- •RCB had initially planned to potentially utilize the uncapped player rule for Bhuvneshwar Kumar to save their capped player slots.
- •With his recent selection in the national team, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will now be classified as a capped player, forcing RCB to use one of their limited capped retention slots.
Key Questions Answered
Bhuvneshwar Kumar's national team return closes the path for RCB to retain him as an uncapped player under IPL rules, forcing him into the capped player category and costing RCB a valuable capped player retention slot.
An Indian player qualifies as an uncapped player if they have not played any Test, ODI, or T20 match for India in the last five years and do not hold a BCCI central contract.
Under current IPL regulations, a franchise can retain or acquire a maximum of six players through retention or RTM, which includes a maximum of five capped players and up to two uncapped players.
