In the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, the Punjab Kings team has bought star batsman Shreyas Iyer. For this, Punjab Kings have spent a lot of money and bought Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore. He has broken Mitchell Starc’s record. In the last auction, Starc was bought by the KKR team for Rs 24.74 crore.
A battle between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings
Shreyas Iyer’s original price in the auction was Rs 2 crore. KKR team made the first bid for Iyer. But after 10 crores he stopped bidding. This was followed by a bidding war between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. Both the teams wanted to include Iyer in their team at any cost and the bid for him crossed 20 crores. Finally, Punjab Kings managed to buy him and paid a whopping Rs 26.75 crore for him.
Scored more than 3000 runs in IPL
Shreyas Iyer is known for his brilliant batting and once he gets to the crease, it becomes difficult to get him out. He is adept at playing big innings and can prove beneficial for Punjab Kings in the middle order. Iyer has so far scored 3127 runs in 116 IPL matches including 21 half-centuries. Meanwhile, 96 runs has been his highest score. Apart from this, Iyer has played cricket in all three formats for Team India.
KKR team won the title
Shreyas Iyer has captained Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. It was under his captaincy that the KKR team won the IPL 2024 title. KKR team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final. Then everyone praised Iyer’s leadership ability. But after this the KKR team did not retain him.
Shreyas Iyer
He has also captained Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals also reached the final under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. He has good captaincy experience and makes good bowling changes. Iyer has so far captained 70 IPL matches out of which the team has won 38. At the same time, he has lost 29 matches.
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