RCB retain players
Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025: Full list of retained and released players as Virat Kohli marked at Rs 21 crore
RCB IPL 2025 retained and released players list: Virat Kohli was retained at a whopping Rs 21 crore by Royal Challengers Bengaluru during the IPL 2025 Player Retentons on Thursday.
Besides Kohli, RCB have only retained middle-order batter Rajat Patidar and left-arm seamer Yash Dayal. While Patidar was retained at Rs 11 crore, Dayal was marked at Rs 5 crore. This also means that RCB will have three Right to Match (RTM) cards available during the upcoming IPL 2025 Mega Auction.
The major speculation around three-time finalists Royal Challengers Bengaluru was the possible return to leadership for Kohli. While there was hardly any doubt that Kohli was going to be RCB’s top retention, it remains to be seen if the former India captain returns to a leadership role after a break.
for the franchise hampering them from being consistent challengers for the title. In 2024 they had a poor start to the campaign losing six out of their first seven games. However, they turned the tables around winning seven out of their remaining seven and qualifying to the playoffs losing out to Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator.
How IPL retention works
Teams are allowed to retain a maximum of six players and have an overall allotted budget of Rs 120 crore for the retention as well as mega auction. If a franchise opts to retain six players, they can retain a maximum of five capped and two uncapped players in either the 5+1 or 4+2 combination. While the capped players are segregated into three brackets ranging from Rs 18 crore to Rs 11 crore, an uncapped player can be retained at Rs 4 crore.
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