Ajinkya Rahane – Venkatesh Iyer: Potential skipper of KKR for IPL 2025

Ajinkya Rahane – Venkatesh Iyer: Potential skipper of KKR for IPL 2025

By Moneycontrol Sports Desk | December 4, 2024

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Venkatesh Iyer was KKR’s most expensive buy after they released him in the auction post retentions. He was brought back for 23.75 crores after a cutthroat bid-war between RCB and KKR.

Venkatesh Iyer

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Rahane is one of the finest leaders in Indian cricket in the past decade who has led many sides to glory including India in the last away Border Gavaskar Trophy and Mumbai in the last Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup.

Ajinkya Rahane

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Rinku was retained by KKR as their first player for 13 crore and is one of the most important core members of the team who will definitely play all the matches in the season.

Rinku Singh

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Quinton de Kock fits the bill of being an experienced player and a sure shot starter with previous captaincy experience and could as well be a candidate for KKR.

Quinton de Kock

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The West Indies T20I captain is a very good option to lead any side at this point in time. A more than reliable middle-order option and someone who knows how to lead a side in and out.

Rovman Powell

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Rinku Singh ( ₹13 crore), Varun Chakaravarthy ( ₹12 crore), Sunil Narine ( ₹12 crore), Andre Russell ( ₹12 crore), Harshit Rana ( ₹4 crore), Ramandeep Singh ( ₹4 crore).

KKR retained players

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Rahane is expected to take over as the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the 2025 IPL season. This comes after KKR parted ways with Shreyas Iyer, who had led the team to victory in the 2024 IPL title campaign.

Big shoes to fill

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