IPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) head coach Sanjay Bangar's focus while retaining and releasing players ahead of the December 23 auction for the 2023 IPL season was on "consistency" and "continuity", which he said are the hallmark of the Bengaluru franchise.

The RCB stuck to their core group of players who pulled off a "decent show" in the preceding edition of the IPL, retaining the likes of skipper Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed and Harshal Patel, among others.