Why is there an uproar regarding Virat Kohli's contract?Image Credit source: PTI

Virat Kohli RCB Contract: There is constant speculation, rumors and debate about the cricket future of Team India's star batsman Virat Kohli.

Why was there an uproar regarding the contract?

RevSportz reporter Rohit Juglan had revealed in one of his videos that Virat Kohli had to renew a commercial contract before the new season of IPL. This contract was not related to his playing in IPL but was related to his franchise RCB. In such a situation, if Virat decided not to take it further, then it was bound to lead to speculations about his playing further in IPL and this is what happened.

But does not signing the contract mean that Kohli is ending his relationship with RCB? Or is Kohli completely retiring from IPL? At present, only Virat Kohli knows the real answer to these two questions, but the misunderstanding regarding this contract needs to be understood and former cricketer Aakash Chopra and sports presenter Tanay Tiwari explained it completely in their video.

There is no question of going to another franchise

Aakash Chopra posted a video on his YouTube channel and discussed the issue. He told that just because he did not re-sign a commercial contract does not mean that Kohli will not play IPL in future. He told that this contract is different from the playing contract of the player. He told that this could be a 'dual contract', which Kohli does not want to take forward from his side.

What do the Virat Kohli reports suggest? Does it mean he won't play for RCB? Or is he retiring from the IPL?

Lets cut through the headlines to try and lay out the situation in todays #AakashVani: https://t.co/z9nge0lMk6 pic.twitter.com/9u70DizUUq

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 12, 2025

Players join sponsor-franchise deals

Whereas Tanay Tiwari explained it a little further and gave some solace to Kohli fans. Tanay posted a video on his social media accounts and explained what a commercial contract means. He explained that under a commercial contract, if any franchise deals with any company for sponsorship, then it also includes that the players of the team will participate in advertisements and other programs of that company. This kind of deal happens with every player.

The matter can be understood from this example

Kohli's case also seems to be similar. For example, if RCB's jersey is made by Puma company. Till a few months ago, Kohli was the brand ambassador of this company. In such a situation, he used to participate in the advertisements of this company along with the franchisee. But now he has joined another company, while RCB's agreement is still with PUMA. In such a situation, Kohli may refuse to extend his agreement with this company. Perhaps Kohli has refused to sign any similar commercial contract again and in such a situation it has nothing to do with his playing further in IPL.