India, May 14 -- Virat Kohli arrived in Raipur carrying more than two ducks. He arrived with a two-match monetary hole in Royal Challengers Bengaluru's season ledger.

The previous two matches had cost RCB Rs.3.15 crore through Kohli's slot in our model. His match allocation stood at Rs.3 crore across those two games, but his adjusted output had gone below zero. For a player priced and judged at the level of Kohli, the damage was sharp because the returns had not merely dried up. They had turned negative.

Against the Kolkata Knight Riders, he repaired the whole block in one night.

Kohli's unbeaten 105 off 60 balls in RCB's six-wicket win was worth Rs.4.75 crore in our model. His match fee was Rs.1.50 crore, which gave RCB a profit of Rs...