IPL 2022 Retention: ‘With my heart and soul’: Virat Kohli shares a heartfelt message with fans after Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB retain former captain | Cricket - Hindustan Times
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IPL 2022 Retention: ‘With my heart and soul’: Kohli shares a heartfelt message with fans after RCB retain former captain

By, New Delhi
Dec 01, 2021 03:05 PM IST

IPL 2022 Retention: Former skipper Virat Kohli, who has been associated with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) since the inception of the Indian Premier League, has a message for his fans.

Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli shared a heartfelt message with the fans following his retention by the club ahead of the mega Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) auctions. 

IPL 2022 Retention: ‘With my heart and soul’: Virat Kohli shares a heartfelt message with fans after Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) retain former captain(TWITTER)
IPL 2022 Retention: ‘With my heart and soul’: Virat Kohli shares a heartfelt message with fans after Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) retain former captain(TWITTER)

India's Test and ODI skipper Kohli, who has been a part of RCB since the very beginning, revealed that he did not have any second thoughts when he was approached with an offer of staying onboard for the next three seasons.

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"The journey continues, I have been retained by RCB. When I was contacted, did not have any second thoughts at all. It has been an amazing journey over the years, three more years with the franchise that means so much to me. I believe the best is yet to come and I have a special feeling about what is to come next season onwards," said Kohli in a video posted on the official YouTube channel of RCB.

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"Our fan base is amazing, management has been amazing with me and all other players. Renewed energy and a different version of me on the field. But I will be there with my heart and soul for RCB," he added.

RCB revealed its retained players ahead of the mega auction and they were -- Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj.

Midway through the IPL 2021 season, Kohli had announced that he would not be leading the franchise from 2022 onwards.

Kohli, who has been with the team since inception was retained for INR 15 crores. Maxwell, who was signed by the team last season, remains with the Bold Brigade with a tag of INR 11 crores. Siraj, who has been with the team since 2018, will carry on with RCB for a sum of INR 7 crores.

Speaking about the retained players, Mike Hesson, Director of Cricket Operations, RCB said, "The player retention process has been pretty robust and exhaustive. We've got an exceptional bunch of players but the key for us was to ensure we have a sizeable auction purse going into the IPL Mega Auction. We had many good players whom we considered and were happy to retain, but that would have taken away our flexibility from the auction to get a balanced squad."

"We look to retain as many players during the auction as we build the perfect squad for 2022 and beyond," he added

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