RCB : In the recently concluded season of IPL cricket, Virat Kohli played the most important role in taking the Royal Challengers Bangalore team to the playoffs. Virat Kohli scored the most runs in the IPL 2024 season but now when legendary batsman Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from international T20 cricket after winning the T20 World Cup title.

After that, according to reports in the media, before the IPL 2025 season, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team may decide to remove 10 players including Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell from the team.

RCB may release Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has been playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL cricket for the last 16 seasons. During this period, Virat Kohli has played 252 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore so far. In 244 innings of these 252 matches, Virat Kohli has scored 8004 runs while batting at an average of 38.67 and a strike rate of 131.97.

During this period, Virat Kohli has played 8 centuries and 55 half-centuries for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL cricket. Virat Kohli is currently the highest run-scorer in IPL cricket, but despite that, there are reports in the media that Royal Challengers Bangalore may release Virat Kohli before the IPL 2025 auction.

RCB may release 10 players including Maxwell and Faf du Plessis

In the IPL 2024 season, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team qualified for the playoff stage by winning the last 6 group stage matches, but the team management of Royal Challengers Bangalore now wants to give a chance to new players in the franchise for the next 3 years.

Because of which it is believed that before the IPL Auction 2025, the team management can release Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Alzari Joseph and Loki Ferguson.

Dinesh Karthik joins the RCB team management

After playing his last IPL match in the IPL 2024 season, former veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik announced his retirement. After which, according to recent media reports, Dinesh Karthik will now be seen playing the role of mentor and batting consultant for the franchise from the IPL 2025 season.