NEWS DESK: Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has becomes the mostexpensive player in the Indian Premier League (IPL), reported BBC.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained him for $2.67m (PKR 28 crore),which beat the $2.4m Chennai Super Kings paid for former capain MS Dhoni.
A total of 18 players have been retained by eight teams, and an auctionwill be held on 27 and 28 January for the other cricketers in the pool.
The IPL is one of the richest cricket tournaments in the world.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes became IPL’s most expensive foreign playerwhen the Rising Pune Supergiant team bought him for £1.7m last year.
But he is back in the pool again as the Supergiants are not playing in the2018 edition of the tournament.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India runs the tournament but the teamsare privately owned.
The IPL sees fierce rivalry, often bringing international opponents intothe same team.
The league started in 2008 and has seen a steady rise in viewership andpopularity since then.