IPL 2025 mega auction is taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Among them, Indian star goalkeeper Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player. Lucknow Supergiants bought him for Rs 27 crore. Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders made a generous offer for young batsman Venkatesh Iyer. Venkatesh became rich at the auction. He got so much money, which no one expected. The KKR team paid a huge fee of Rs 23.75 crore to include him in the team. And his base price is only 20 million rupees.
Venkatesh Iyer benefits
Previously, Venkatesh Iyer’s salary in Kolkata Knight Riders was only 80 million rupees. But this time, they benefited a lot. KKR neither retained nor acquired Shreyas Iyer. In such a situation, Venkatesh Iyer is the biggest contender to become the captain. He helped KKR win many games with his brilliant batting. The special thing is that he can play from the opening to the midfield.
KKR third player to score century in IPL
Venkatesh Iyer has scored a total of 1326 runs in 51 IPL games so far, in which he has scored 1 century and 11 half-centuries. He is the third Indian player to score a century for KKR in the IPL. Apart from this, he also picked up three wickets to his name from the bowling. His performance in IPL 2021 has improved a lot. He then single-handedly led the team to the finals. He scored a total of 370 points that season.
Salary is higher than Virat Kohli
Venkatesh Iyer now gets as much money in the auction as RCB didn’t even retain Virat Kohli. RCB retained Kohli for a total of Rs 21 crore. Iyer’s salary is Rs 275 crore more than him. Iyer, on the other hand, has only played four seasons of IPL. Kohli, on the other hand, has been playing in the IPL since 2008.
KKR retains 6 players
Among the IPL reservations, the KKR team has retained 6 players without even leaving any RTM option. KKR retained Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh.
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