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“One way communication”: Shreyas Iyer didn’t want to be retained by KKR ahead of IPL 2025 auction

“One way communication”: Shreyas Iyer didn’t want to be retained by KKR ahead of IPL 2025 auction

Earlier, reports had suggested that Shreyas Iyer wasn't the KKR's top retention pick. He will mow go under the hammer in IPL 2025 mega auction

Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Venky Mysore claimed that there was a one-way communication between the team and skipper Shreyas Iyer ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. Despite guiding the side to their third IPL title in 2024, the Mumbai batter has been released from the side ahead of the mega acution. Shreyas iyer moved from DC to KKR in 2022.

Why Shreyas Iyer isn’t a part of KKR in IPL 2025

Earlier, reports had suggested that Shreyas Iyer wasn’t the KKR’s top retention pick. He will mow go under the hammer in IPL 2025 mega auction in late November. “Exorbitant pay” is one of the reasons that have been cited for KKR parting ways with Shreyas Iyer ahead of IPL 2025.

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Shreyas Iyer was a part of Delhi Capitals for several years before moving to KKR in 2022. He has had one of his best seasons while playing for DC when he amassed 519 runs in 2020. Should Pant not be retained ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, then Shreyas Iyer stands a good chance of returning to DC as the team would be on the hunt for a new skipper. Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy record boasts of great numbers, thanks to a well-oiled KKR unit in IPL 2024.

Shreyas had led DC to their first playoffs in seven years in 2019 where they finished third on the standings. Iyer was replaced with Pant as the captain in 2021 when the batter was ruled out for the first half of the season due to a dislocated shoulder. While Iyer did make his return, Pant was retained as the franchise’s skipper. 

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