Published 19:25 IST, December 17th 2019

IPL 2020 Auctions: Virat Kohli urges RCB fans to rally behind the team

Virat Kohli has urged the RCB fans to rally behind the team ahead of the IPL 2020 auctions which will be held in Kolkata on Thursday. RCB are yet to win a title

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IPL 2020 auctions will be held in Kolkata on Thursday. While all franchises are hoping to make it big at auction table, so are Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB are yet to win an IPL trophy despite boasting of big names in past few years. y have reached finals thrice (2009, 2011 & 2016) but could t cross finish line on eir occasion. Virat Kohli has played in all those finals. In fact, he had led RCB to summit clash in 2016 where he also had a dream run with bat having amassed close to 1000 runs. w, he has urged fans to rally behind team.

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Virat Kohli urges RCB fans to rally behind team

''Hi, guys. A big hello to all RCB fans  bold army from whom I have received so much love and affection over years. As you all kw, for upcoming season auctions are coming up as well and I want all of you to rally behind team, manment group. Mike and Simon are doing a tremendous job. We have had a few discussions to build a team around strong core that we already have and we assure you that we are gonna cover all bases that are required and build a very strong team to have a really good season in 2020. So, as I said get behind team and your support has always been priceless for us and will be crucial forever and ever till we play sport. So thank you very much, and looking forward to auction. Find out what’s going to happen on December 19'', said Virat Kohli.

video was posted by Royal Challengers Bangalore on ir official Twitter handle. Watch it right here.

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List of players retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore

following players have been retained by three-time finalists ahead of upcoming auctions.

  • Virat Kohli (India) – Salary ₹17 crore (US$2.5 million)
  • AB de Villiers (South Africa) – Salary ₹11 crore (US$1.6 million)
  • Yuzvendra Chahal (India) – Salary ₹6 crore (US$867,906)
  • Shivam Dube (India) – Salary ₹5 crore (US$723,255)
  • Umesh Yadav (India) – Salary ₹4.2 crore (US$607,534.20)
  • Washington Sundar (India) – Salary ₹3.2 crore (US$462,883.20)
  • Navdeep Saini (India) – Salary ₹3 crore (US$433,953.00)
  • Mohammed Siraj (India) – Salary ₹2.6 crore (US$376,092.60)
  • Moeen Ali (England) – Salary ₹1.7 crore (US$245,906.70)
  • Parthiv Patel (India) – Salary ₹1.7 crore (US$245,906.70)
  • Pawan Negi (India) – Salary ₹1 crore (US$144,651.00)
  • Gurkeerat Singh (India) – Salary ₹50 lakh (US$72,325.50)

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18:46 IST, December 17th 2019