Virat Kohli secures 2nd highest retention with THIS overseas cricketer

New Delhi: Indian cricket star Virat Kohli has been successfully retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping sum of 21 crore rupees, making it the second highest retention in the upcoming edition of IPL 2025. Fans were eagerly anticipating the news of the retention and are ecstatic to see their favorite player continue with the team.

Apart from that Lucknow Super Giants’ Nicholas Pooran was also retained at the same price of rupees 21 crores, the powerful batter has shown his skills and worth in the middle order for the Lucknow Super Giants side, Nicholas Pooran has been a complete T20 batter, be it as a finisher, power hitter or innings anchor. He has all the qualities to take the game forward and that’s why Lucknow Super Giants decided to retain their star player.

The retention list has been rolling all over social media, as we can witness both teams’ Twitter (X) handles, they have posted the retention list with the price of the retained player:

Retentions done right! Fair value to the retained players and a huge purse to help us build a formidable squad.

Virat Kohli: 2️⃣1️⃣Cr
Rajat Patidar: 1️⃣1️⃣Cr
Yash Dayal: 5️⃣Cr

Purse Remaining: 8️⃣3️⃣Cr#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPLRetention #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/LvOi5zVxqf

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) October 31, 2024

LSG RETENTIONS…!!! pic.twitter.com/LLFpQ8zP0o

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 31, 2024