Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has appointed Shreyas Iyer as the new captain of their team. Significantly, IPL 2022 is expected to start at the end of next month. Let us remind you that under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Delhi Capitals DC played the final match of IPL for the first time.
In IPL Mega Auction-2022, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has bought Shreyas Iyer by bidding for a huge amount of Rs 12.25 crore. Venky Mysore CEO & MD, Kolkata Knight Riders, said, “We were able to buy Shreyas Iyer in the IPL auction. We are happy to have him as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. He has shown his talent as a batsman. We are sure that he will do well as captain of KKR as well.”
Brendon McCullum Head Coach, Kolkata Knight Riders said, “Shreyas Iyer is one of the future captains of Team India. We are very happy to have them included. We have seen the look of Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy. I’ve enjoyed it.”
Shreyas Iyer on being named the captain of KKR said, “I am very honored to have got this opportunity. Famous players from all over the world participate in IPL. I am thrilled to be captaining this team.” The history of IPL tells that Shreyas Iyer has played a total of 87 matches in his career so far. In which his bat has scored 2375 runs at an average of 31.67 and strike rate of 123.96. His best score in IPL is 96 runs.
Sixth Commander of ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’
Shreyas Iyer
(Shreyas Iyer) is the sixth captain of ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’. Earlier, Sourav Ganguly, Brendon McCullum, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik and Eoin Morgan have taken over the captaincy of the team. The franchise KKR, co-owned by actor Shahrukh Khan KKR IPL, has become the champion of IPL twice. Remind you that in IPL 2012, Chennai Super Kings (CSK vs KKR IPL 2012 Final) and IPL 2014 won the trophy by defeating ‘Kings XI Punjab’ (KXIP vs KKR IPL 2014 Final). The special thing was that both the times, KKR became the IPL champion under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir.
KKK’s IPL Squad
Shreyas Iyer Captain, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Ajinkya Rahane, Alex Hales, Sam Billings, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Umesh Yadav, Rinku Singh (Rinku Singh), Anukul Roy, Rasikh Salam, Sheldon Jackson, Baba Inderjit, Abhijit Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Ramesh Kumar.
– Vinay Kumar