Virat Kohli was one of the three retained players by Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. He became the costliest Indian player to be retained at Rs 21 crore. On the international front, Kohli has not been going through a smooth phase. Virat Kohli’s scores in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand read 0, 70, 1, 17, 4, 1. And the reflection of that performance is clear on his ICC Test ranking. Courtesy his scores of 4 and 1 in the Mumbai Test that India lost, Kohli has dropped down eight places to 22nd. This is the India star’s lowest in over 10 years. In August 2014, he was ranked 24th after a lean tour of England.
In the midst of this, a social media post where Virat Kohli talked about entering a ‘new chapter’ with a ‘new team’ sent social media in to frenzy. However, the post was regarding a team ‘Sporting beyond’ which will work with the former India captain on his business interests.