Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed up New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Finn Allen as a replacement for Josh Philippe who will be unavailable for the entire season. Philippe, who made his debut in 2020, played five games and scored 78 runs for the franchise. His replacement Finn has featured in 12 First-class games for New Zealand and scored three half-centuries.

Finn had a base price of INR 20 lakhs equivalent to that of Josh Philippe. It will be Finn’s debut VIVO IPL season this year when he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Here is the RCB full squad for IPL 2021:

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Finn Allen, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharudeen, Suyash Prabhudesai, and Kona Srikar Bharat.

Here is RCB’s schedule for IPL 2021:

MAT No	DATE & DAY	MATCH	TIME (IST)	VENUE
1	April 9, Friday	Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers	19:30	Chennai
6	April 14, Wed	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers	19:30	Chennai
10	April 18, Sunday	Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders	15:30	Chennai
16	April 22, Thursday	Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals	19:30	Mumbai
19	April 25, Sunday	Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers	15:30	Mumbai
22	April 27, Tuesday	Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers	19:30	Ahmedabad
26	April 30, Friday	Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers	19:30	Ahmedabad
30	May 3, Monday	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers	19:30	Ahmedabad
33	May 6, Thursday	Royal Challengers vs Punjab Kings	7.30 PM	Ahmedabad
38	May 9, Sunday	Royal Challengers vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	7.30 PM	Kolkata
44	May 14, Friday	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals	7.30 PM	Kolkata
46	May 16, Sunday	Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers	3.30 PM	Kolkata
51	May 20, Thursday	Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians	7.30 PM	Kolkata
56	May 23, Sunday	Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings	7.30 PM	Kolkata

Virat Kohli’s RCB would aim to create an impact in IPL 2021 as they are eagerly waiting to clinch a title since the inaugural season. With top-class players on their side for the upcoming season, they have a good chance of lifting their maiden title. Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson are the two players to watch out for in the fourteenth edition of the tournament. It would be interesting to see how Kohli forms the XI.