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Punjab Kings team has bought star batsman Shreyas Iyer in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. For this, Punjab Kings have spent a lot of money and bought Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore. He has broken the record of Mitchell Starc. In the last auction, Starc was bought by KKR team for Rs 24.74 crore.
Fighting war between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings
The base price of Shreyas Iyer in the auction was Rs 2 crore. KKR team made the first bid for Iyer. But after 10 crores he stopped bidding. After this there was a bidding war between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. Both the teams wanted to include Iyer in their team at any cost and the bidding on him had crossed Rs 20 crores. In the end, Punjab Kings was successful in buying him and paid a huge amount of Rs 26.75 crore for it.
Scored more than 3000 runs in IPL
Shreyas Iyer is known for his excellent batting and once he is at the crease, it becomes difficult to get him out. He is adept at playing big innings and can prove beneficial for Punjab Kings in the middle order. Iyer has so far scored 3127 runs in 116 IPL matches, which includes 21 half-centuries. During this period, 96 runs has been his highest score. Apart from this, Iyer has played cricket in all three formats for Team India.
KKR team won the title
Shreyas Iyer has captained Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. It was under his captaincy that KKR team won the IPL 2024 title. KKR team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final. At that time everyone praised Iyer’s leadership abilities. But after this the KKR team did not retain him.
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Has also captained Delhi Capitals
It was under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer that Delhi Capitals also reached the finals. He has good captaincy experience and makes bowling changes well. Iyer has captained 70 IPL matches so far, out of which the team has won 38. At the same time, it has had to face defeat in 29 matches.
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