It is believed that Shreyas can be the new captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Bangalore, The Mega Auction of IPL 2022 (IPL 2022 Mega Auction) has started. In this auction to be held today and tomorrow, a lot of money is going to rain on the players. This time 600 players will be bidding in IPL. At the same time, according to the news so far, Indian cricketer Shreyas Iyer has become a millionaire in today’s auction. At the very beginning of the auction, Shreyas Iyer has been bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 12.25 crore. It is believed that Shreyas can be the new captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
India’s star batsman Shreyas Iyer was all eyes in today’s mega auction. Shreyas’s bidding started with two crores. Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata initially bid fiercely for Shreyas. In the end, Kolkata Knight Riders bought Shreyas Iyer for Rs 12.25 crore.
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Let us tell you that Shreyas Iyer landed in IPL Auction for the second time only. Shreyas Iyer came to the auction for the first time in the year 2015. Delhi Capitals bought him for Rs 2.6 crore. Iyer has scored 439 runs in 14 matches in his debut season. This time Delhi had retained Shreyas, after which KKR has included him in their team today.
Shreyas Iyer has done amazing batting in IPL. Shreyas has scored 2375 runs in 87 matches of IPL at an average of 31.66. Shreyas Iyer bats in the middle order from No. Iyer has participated in 7 seasons of IPL, out of which 4 times he has scored more than 400 runs. Shreyas scored 519 runs in the year 2020. At the same time, in the year 2019, he scored 463 runs. In the year 2015, he had scored 439 runs. In the year 2018, 411 runs were scored from his bat. Shreyas was able to score only 30 runs in 6 matches in the year 2016. However, in the last season Shreyas could play only 8 matches due to injury and he could score only 175 runs.
Shreyas took over the captaincy of Delhi Capitals in the year 2018. He was the youngest captain of Delhi. In the debut match of his captaincy, Iyer scored 93 runs in 40 balls with the help of 10 sixes. In the year 2019, under the leadership of Iyer, Delhi Capitals reached the playoffs for the first time in 7 years. At the same time, in the year 2020, Delhi’s team reached the final for the first time. But due to injury in 2021, he was out of the first half of the IPL. Then the command of the captain of the team was handed over to Rishabh Pant.