Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) entered IPL 2025 because the defending champions however bowed out of the season in eighth place with solely 5 wins. They had hopes from lots of their gamers, together with the one who was purchased for a humongous quantity of Rs 23.75 crore.

New Delhi:

Kolkata Knight Riders received the 2024 version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) below Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy. But they ended up splurging an enormous quantity of Rs 23.75 crore on the incorrect Iyer on the mega public sale. Yes, Venkatesh Iyer received an enormous amount of cash from the three-time champions and, for no fault of his, has been scrutinised rather a lot. Unfortunately for Iyer, the value tag received to him and the season turned out to be extraordinarily poor for him.

Interestingly, Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru had additionally bid aggressively for Iyer, and ultimately, KKR secured him for an enormous value. The two groups can be thanking their stars now because the decide would’ve significantly affected their group constructing for the remainder of the public sale. The similar occurred with KKR, and so they needed to make Ajinkya Rahane the captain, the participant whom they picked solely within the accelerated public sale at his base value.

Venkatesh Iyer’s efficiency in IPL 2025

Matches Played Innings Runs scored Average Strike Rate 50s/100s Fours/Sixes Money Earned per run
11 7 142 20.28 139.21 1/0 15/4 Rs 16.73 lakh

Venkatesh ended IPL 2025 with solely 142 runs in seven innings (11 matches) at a mean of 20.28 and a strike price of 139.21. His each run within the season price Rs 16.73 lakh to KKR, whereas for each match, the cricketer earned round a whopping Rs 2.16 crore.

Such was his type that the KKR administration ultimately dropped the cricketer from Madhya Pradesh for the previous few matches of the season. Manish Pandey changed him within the line-up, however that did not change their fortunes both. Eventually, they ended their season with their worst defeat, by 110 runs, in IPL historical past towards the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

As for Iyer, given the truth that he was dropped on the fag finish, it stays to be seen if the franchise ends up releasing him forward of the public sale and purchase him again once more for a lesser value.

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