Kolkata Knight Riders, one of the most favorite teams in the Indian Premier League, has announced its new captain for IPL 2025. KKR has appointed Ajinkya Rahane, who is out of the Indian cricket team as its captain and all -rounder Venkatesh Iyer has been made vice -captain by KKR.
KKR bought Ajinkya Rahane for Rs 1.50 crore in the mega auction. Venkatesh Iyer was bought by KKR for Rs 23.75 crore.
Shreyas Iyer has been released.
Prior to this mega auction, KKR released Shreyas Iyer. KKR won the IPL title after 10 years under Iyer’s captaincy. This time Punjab captain is Shreyas Iyer. Under Rahane’s captaincy, the Mumbai team performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. In such a situation, the fans hope that KKR will once again win the IPL title under his captaincy.
Rahane’s record has been excellent.
Rahane’s IPL career has been excellent. He has scored 4,642 runs in 185 matches, including 30 half -centuries and 2 centuries. His highest score is 105 not out. Rahane’s performance in domestic cricket has also been impressive. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he scored 432 runs in 7 matches at an average of 72 and a strike rate of 170, including 42 fours and 16 sixes. His highest score was 98 runs. This performance has raised hopes of his great form in the upcoming IPL session.
Venkatesh Iyer performed brilliantly.
In the IPL 2024 season, Iyer scored 370 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 158.80, including four half -centuries. In the final match, Venkatesh Iyer played an unbeaten 52 off 26 balls and played a key role in winning KKR for the third IPL title. Apart from this, Venkatesh Iyer has scored 1,326 runs in 50 matches at an average of 31.57 in the IPL. During this time, 1 century and 11 half -centuries have also been scored from his bat.
KKR team for IPL 2025
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Naren, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer (Vice-Qetan), Quinton de Kock, Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Narkhiya, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Marakande, Rovman Powel, Rovman Powel, Rovman Pavel, Lavneeth Sisodia, Adhikar Roy, Moin Ali, Umran Malik.
