Former India player RP Singh said that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will retain only Virat Kohli before the IPL 2025 Auction moon. He added that the rest of the players might not be too expensive at the auction and he can be reacquired through the Right to Match (RTM) Card as well. However, the IPL Governing Council shared the player regulations for the next three years on Saturday, September 28. The franchises can retain a total of six players, with a maximum of five capped ones, via retention or the RTM option as well.
During a discussion on Colors Cineplex, RP Singh said, “I feel they don’t have any problem. They will just retain Virat Kohli, release everyone else, and use the RTM. If we see the value taking Rajat Patidar as an example, will we get him for more or less than 11 crores at the auction?”
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“I feel you will get Rajat Patidar for fewer. So you get him back at the auction. Even if he reaches close to 11 crores, you have the RTM which you can use there,” RP Singh observed.”Siraj, performance-wise, you will have to again judge whether you will get him close to 11 crores. I don’t think Siraj will reach close to 14 crores. They will always have the option that if he reaches there, you can use the RTM,” he added.
While the first capped player retention will cost a franchise ₹18 crore as well, the second and third capped player retentions will be of ₹14
crore and ₹11 crore respectively from the purse as well. The fourth and fifth capped player retentions will be ₹18 crore and ₹14 crore
respectively.
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“If you talk about uncapped players, you took the name of Anuj Rawat and there is a left-arm pacer in Rajan Kumar, a good fast bowler who didn’t play, but all of them won’t reach close to four crores. So they should go with a new mindset. They need Virat, he has contributed a lot to the franchise, and Virat is the most important player as well. So they should think about building the team around him, or with a new thought. I don’t see anyone else apart from Virat Kohli having a value of 18 or 14 crores in this team,” RP Singh concluded.
