Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday (February 16) launched Shreyas Iyer as its captain for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022).
In the mega public sale, KKR had supplied Shreyas Iyer for Rs 15.25 crore. Earlier, the accurate-handed batter had led Delhi Capitals in the IPL.
Making the announcement, Venky Mysore, CEO & MD of KKR acknowledged, “We are contented in the initiating to had been ready to successfully represent for Shreyas in the IPL public sale & to have the alternative for him to handbook #TeamKKR. He has impressed one & all as a quality batsman at the glorious stage & we’re confident that he’ll excel as a pace-setter of #TeamKKR.”
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, roar hiya to the NEW SKIPPER of the #GalaxyOfKnights
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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) February 16, 2022
Accepting captaincy of KKR, Shreyas Iyer acknowledged – “ I am extraordinarily honoured to have gotten the alternative to handbook a prestigious crew treasure KKR. The IPL as a occasion brings essentially the most attractive gamers from utterly different worldwide locations and cultures collectively and I thought forward to leading this immense crew of very talented americans.”
“I’d treasure to thank the house owners, management and reinforce workers of KKR for giving me the alternative to handbook this crew and I am confident that we are going to safe the accurate synergies to attain the crew’s needs.
“Kolkata and The Eden Gardens have a truly rich history in phrases of Indian cricket and I thought forward to contributing to this rich history and making our fans contented with us as a crew! Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo!” Iyer added.
Skipp-Iyer Kolkata Knight Riders
Entering into the contemporary generation of #GalaxyOfKnights @ShreyasIyer15 #IPL2022 #ShreyasIyer #KKR #CricketTwitter #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/eEZjHLstyZ
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) February 16, 2022
Head Coach Brendon McCullum acknowledged – “I am very mad to have one amongst India’s brightest future leaders in Shreyas Iyer, clutch the reins at KKR. I’ve enjoyed Shreyas’ game and his captaincy skills from afar and now will thought forward to working carefully with him to pressure forward the success and elegance of play we need at KKR”
KKR squad for IPL 2022: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan.
