KKR CEO Venky Mysore on the IPL 2025 Public sale© AFP
There was lots of dialog surrounding the captaincy state of affairs in Kolkata Knight Riders following the IPL 2025 public sale. KKR received the IPL 2024 title underneath Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy however the franchise determined to launch the India batter forward of the brand new season. Following the public sale, two main contenders have emerged for the KKR captaincy position – Venkatesh Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane. Whereas Rahane is the skilled possibility, the Rs 23.75 crore price ticket makes Venkatesh a chief contender for the place. After the public sale, KKR CEO Venky Mysore opened up in regards to the state of affairs and he supplied a transparent reply relating to the captaincy conundrum.
“Effectively, you already know that. To be trustworthy, we now have to sit down down and take inventory. Generally what occurs is, after you have performed all of these items, you simply have to sit down down, mirror, take a look at the entire thing. There are stakeholders and elements of the assume tank will not be right here. So we’ll all sit down and have a correct chat about that, and I am positive a correct determination will likely be made,” Mysore was quoted as saying to the broadcasters.
In the meantime, Venkatesh Iyer on Sunday mentioned he could be “more than pleased” to tackle the captaincy problem and step into Shreyas Iyer’s sneakers.
In a daring and sudden transfer, the Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise selected to not retain their 2024 IPL-winning captain Shreyas Iyer on the mega public sale right here and went for an all out bidding battle towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru to safe Venkatesh.
“I had the chance to captain the facet in Nitish Rana’s absence when he was sadly injured, and I used to be the vice-captain as effectively,” mentioned Venkatesh after he was purchased by KKR for the massive quantity.
“I’ve at all times believed that captaincy is only a tag, however management is about creating an atmosphere the place everybody feels they will play for this group and contribute. If given the accountability, I might be more than pleased to take it on. Completely (I am prepared for it).
“Collectively, we’ll goal to defend the championship and proceed our profitable marketing campaign. Thanks very a lot for selecting me in your squad,” he added.
(With PTI inputs)
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