New Delhi. Everyone was surprised by the bid on Venkatesh Iyer in IPL auction 2025. Kolkata Knight Riders bid Rs 23.75 crore for Iyer. With this, Venkatesh Iyer became the most expensive player of KKR this season. After this auction, former cricketer Sanjay Bangar said that it seems KKR has chosen the wrong Iyer.
Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer were in the Kolkata Knight Riders team last season. Shreyas Iyer made KKR the champion as captain. Despite this, the Kolkata team did not retain Shreyas. After this Shreyas entered the auction. Punjab Kings bid Rs 26.75 crore on Shreyas Iyer.
It was believed that KKR did not retain Shreyas Iyer only because of money. But when he bid Rs 23.75 crore on Venkatesh Iyer, cricket fans were surprised. Cricket experts also kept discussing this for a long time during the break. During this, Sanjay Bangar said that it seems that he has bid on the wrong Iyer.
Sanjay Bangar said that if KKR had to spend this much money then retaining Shreyas would have been the right decision. Aakash Chopra also quipped on this. He said that sometimes mistakes happen because of the name. Once JP Yadav was wrongly selected in Team India. There was a mistake in the name of Shashank in IPL also.
FIRST PUBLISHED : November 24, 2024, 9:04 PM IST
