The yr 2024 was one to recollect for Kolkata Knight Riders as they clinched their third Indian Premier League title and first within the final 10 years. KKR received IPL trophies again in 2012 and 2014 however what adopted was an extended drought for the aspect. Throughout this era, the closest KKR got here to the coveted title was in 2021, after they misplaced to Chennai Tremendous Kings within the remaining in Dubai. 2024 was a unique story. The Shreyas Iyer-led KKR registered a one-sided victory over SunRisers Hyderabad within the summit conflict to assert its third title.
The dominance of KKR all through the event was merely superb because the aspect thrashed finalists SRH thrice within the event. First within the league stage, then within the Qualifier 1 and eventually within the remaining. KKR received the ultimate by 8 wickets and 57 balls to spare and Qualifier 1 by 8 wickets and 38 balls to spare.
Quick ahead to October 31 and Shreyas Iyer, KKR’s title-winning captain, couldn’t discover a place for himself within the workforce as he was not retained by the franchise. Curiously, IPL 2024 was one of the best season for Iyer by way of common and strike charge. He performed 14 matches and scored 351 runs at a median of 39 and a strike charge of 146.86.
Three-time champions KKR retained six gamers. Rinku Singh was the first-choice for KKR at a value of Rs 13 crore, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell all three have been paid Rs 12 crore every, whereas Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh obtained Rs 4 crore apiece.
Future had higher plans for Shreyas Iyer and the batter quickly discovered it out on the IPL 2025 Public sale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The franchises broke banks whereas bidding for Iyer. For a quick period, he even went on to turn out to be the most costly participant in IPL historical past. Punjab Kings purchased the batter for a large sum of Rs 26.75 crore, surpassing the document of Mitchell Starc‘s 24.75 crore.
This was, nevertheless, not the most important sum splurged for a participant within the IPL 2025 Public sale as minutes later, Rishabh Pant was offered to Lucknow Tremendous Giants for a large sum of Rs 27 crore. He too was launched by his franchise Delhi Capitals forward of the bidding warfare.
Whereas Pant was anticipated to get such a giant quantity, Shreyas stunned many. What was much more stunning was the truth that KKR purchased Venkatesh on the bidding warfare for a large sum of Rs 23.75 crore regardless of having no Proper-To-Match card. These stars turned out to be the three costliest gamers offered in IPL 2025 public sale. Pant and Shreyas even registered an all-time document of changing into the top-two costliest gamers in IPL.
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