Jofra Archer to play for RCB in IPL 2024? Fact Check

Jofra Archer is in Bangalore and recently played for KSCA against his county team Sussex in Alur. A video of him bowling for KSCA went viral, where the player took wickets against his own county side.

Archer has made a return to cricket for the first time since May 2023. And on Sunday (March 17), he shared a cryptic story on Instagram which put the RCB fans in frenzy mode in anticipation of the England bowler playing for their favourite IPL team.

Archer shared many images of his Bengaluru trip, and one of them had a Royal Challengers Bangalore jersey in the frame. The image was taken at RCB’s bar and Cafe in Bengaluru, and the story made RCB fans dreaming that Archer would take part for them in the IPL 2024.

Jofra Archer Instagram RCB Story

The English pacer was released by Mumbai Indians ahead of the auction. He was not picked up in the auction as the player didn’t even register for the auction.

Can Jofra Archer play for RCB in IPL 2024?

Jofra Archer won’t play any part for RCB in the IPL 2024. He didn’t even register for auction, which makes him ineligible to play a part this season.

Apart from that, Royal Challengers Bangalore have fulfilled their overseas players quota at the moment. A maximum of eight overseas players can be slotted in an IPL team and there are already eight foreign players in RCB’s squad, hence they don’t have any vacancy to find Archer a slot in the squad.

The overseas players of Bangalore are – Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Lockie Ferguson, Will Jacks, Cameron Green, Tom Curran, Alzarri Joseph and Reece Topley.