New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders won the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) under Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy. But they ended up splurging a massive amount of Rs 23.75 crore on the wrong Iyer at the mega auction. Yes, Venkatesh Iyer got a huge amount of money from the three-time champions and, for no fault of his, has been scrutinised a lot. Unfortunately for Iyer, the price tag got to him and the season turned out to be extremely poor for him.
Interestingly, Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru had also bid aggressively for Iyer, and in the end, KKR secured him for a big price. The two teams would be thanking their stars now as the pick would’ve seriously affected their team building for the rest of the auction. The same happened with KKR, and they had to make Ajinkya Rahane the captain, the player whom they picked only in the accelerated auction at his base price.
