All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer has been bought by KKR for Rs 23.75 crore.
In IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders did not retain Shreyas Iyer, who made them champions last time. In such a situation, no one’s name has come forward yet for the captaincy of the team.
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The team is also not opening its cards, but there is talk of making Venkatesh Iyer, the most expensive player of this team, the captain. If Venkatesh is made the captain of KKR, then IPL will get its first captain not only from Indore but from Madhya Pradesh.
meanwhile Dainik Bhaskar Supporting the question asked regarding captaincy, Venkatesh said-
Who wouldn’t want to lead an IPL franchise? If I get a chance to captain, I will be happy. I will try to give my best.
Venkatesh is the third most expensive player of IPL KKR has bought all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, who is playing under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Cricket Tournament, for Rs 23.75 crore. He is the third most expensive player in IPL 2025 after Rishabh Pant (27 crore) and Shreyas Iyer (26.75 crore). Shreyas Iyer, who made KKR win the IPL in 2024, has been bought by Punjab Kings this time.
Venkatesh was earlier released by KKR. His base price in the auction was kept at Rs 2 crore. But, KKR again retained Venkatesh, who has been playing IPL with them since 2021, by paying 12 times more. Therefore, there are speculations about making Venkatesh the captain of KKR.
Understand how close Venkatesh is to becoming captain from these gestures.
Earlier on November 29, former cricketer Mohammad Kaif’s tweet-
KKR spending Rs 23.75 crore on Venkatesh Iyer confirms his captaincy. Being with his MP coach Chandrakant Pandit will help him. Iyer has a big opportunity.
These 6 points are also special
- KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit’s support for captaincy. Chandrakant Pandit has won Ranji Trophy while being the head coach of MP team.
- KKR CEO Venky Mysore considers Venkatesh lucky for him. He had also indicated this even before Venkatesh was selected in the team.
- In an interview, Venkatesh had said, ‘I want to become the leader of the team. I want to decide in what order I play, which team player comes in and when.
- This time in the Indian Premier League (IPL), all the teams are working on the strategy of making an Indian player the captain.
- Ajinkya Rahane has been the captain of Rajasthan Royals and has also played with Chennai. But, Iyer is continuously associated with KKR from 2021.
Venkatesh Iyer with KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit.
captaincy experience Coach Dinesh Sharma says, ‘Venkatesh has all the qualities of captaincy. He may not have captained MP in the state level team, but he is an all-rounder, so he has the experience of balancing bowling and batting. He also has the art of taking the team along. They do not get hyper very quickly, they take decisions very thoughtfully.
Venkatesh has captaincy experience at the divisional level only. He has not captained Ranji or state level matches like Mushtaq Ali. In such a situation, it will be challenging for him to field Indian and foreign players together under his captaincy in the IPL.
2 centuries, 22 half-centuries, scored 1326 runs in IPL
Performance of Ajinkya and Venkatesh in Mushtaq Ali tournament
- Ajinkya: Ajinkya Rahane has played three matches of the Mushtaq Ali Tournament, in which he scored runs at a strike rate of 162.19. With the help of two half-centuries in three innings, he managed to score 133 runs. Batting for Mumbai in the match played against Kerala on 29 November, he scored 68 runs in 35 balls with the help of five fours and four sixes at a strike rate of 194.28.
- Venkatesh: These days Venkatesh is also playing Mushtaq Ali tournament. He has played four matches so far. While playing against Punjab, he scored 22 runs on 15 balls, against Meghalaya he scored 37 runs on 17 balls, against Mizoram he scored 36 runs on 15 balls. While playing against Bengal, Venkatesh gave 17 runs in one over.
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