IPL 2025 Retention: Virat becomes the most expensive Indian player, RCB retained these two along with Kohli

sports desk : IPL 2025 retention has been released. In this list, all the teams have retained their favorite players. Whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained India's star batsman Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli has been paid the most money. Virat has become the highest paid Indian in retention. In this retention, Hyderabad has given the most money to Heinrich Klaasen. Klaasen has got Rs 23 crores.

RCB has retained only three players. RCB has retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. Many big names of the team have been let go. The team has not retained Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis. RCB said that they want to retain Cameron Green, but he is injured and may also be out of the IPL.

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RCB has added these three by spending Rs 36 crores. RCB will enter the mega auction with Rs 83 crore. In which there will be three right to match cards. IPL has fixed the minimum amount to retain players: 18 crores for the first player, 14 crores for the second, 11 crores for the third, 18 crores for the fourth and 14 crores for the fifth. But teams are free to offer more or less than these amounts.

RCB retained him

RCB has retained Virat Kohli for Rs 21 crore, Rajat Patidar for Rs 11 crore and Yash Dayas for Rs 5 crore.

RCB released these players

Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Will Jacques, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vishak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri. Joseph, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan

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