Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders secured the providers of Venkatesh Iyer for INR 23.75 crore in the course of the IPL 2025 mega public sale, making him the costliest Indian all-rounder in IPL historical past. The bid positioned him third on the record of highest-paid Indian cricketers within the event, behind solely Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer.
Iyer, who entered the public sale at a base worth of INR 2 crore, went again to his former tame with an enormous paycheck. The public sale room witnessed an intense bidding battle as Lucknow Tremendous Giants, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and KKR fought for the all-rounder.
Whereas LSG dropped out at INR 7.75 crore, RCB and KKR continued their battle, pushing the value past Pat Cummins’ INR 20.50 crore, earlier than RCB lastly conceded at INR 23.75 crore. Iyer expressed his happiness in regards to the signing.
“Getting INR 23.75 crore is secondary, however a second likelihood to play for Kolkata Knight Riders is an important factor. I’m grateful to the crew administration for placing their belief in me,” Venkatesh Iyer mentioned on Star Sports activities.
Was the primary one to laud KKR for his or her six retentions: Venkatesh Iyer
Simply two days earlier than the public sale, Iyer revealed that he had a dialog with Chandrakant Pandit, who’s each KKR’s head coach and Madhya Pradesh’s home coach in regards to the public sale dynamics. At present taking part in within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Iyer shared that his teammates Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar have been delighted along with his success.
“I used to be sitting with Chandrakant Pandit two days in the past and requested he re-acquire me for KKR. I used to be bowled over a bit when Kolkata didn’t retain me, however I perceive how the public sale course of works. I used to be the primary one to laud KKR for his or her six retentions,” he continued.
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“I’m taking part in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Madhya Pradesh, and my teammates Avesh Khan (LSG) and Rajat Patidar (RCB) have been comfortable for me. I’m a pacesetter at KKR, and the decision-makers enable all of us to offer options,” the all-rounder concluded.
KKR’s funding in Iyer got here after they’d already retained six key gamers, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh. The franchise additional strengthened their squad by buying wicketkeeper-batters Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Quinton de Kock, together with South African pacer Anrich Nortje.
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