Kolkata Knight Riders Have 2 Solid Options For Captaincy Between Pat Cummins And Shreyas Iyer In IPL 2022

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) CEO Venky Mysore on Saturday said that his franchise has two solid captaincy options in the form of Pat Cummins and Shreyas Iyer.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) picked up Pat Cummins for INR 7.25 crore and Shreyas Iyer for INR 12.25 in the ongoing IPL mega auction in Bengaluru.

Kolkata Knight Riders Venky Mysore Express Delight To Get Back Pat Cummins

Pat Cummins made headlines after getting picked by KKR for a whopping amount of INR 15.50 crore in the IPL 2020 auction. He picked 21 wickets in his second stint with KKR but was not available for the UAE leg last season as he wanted to be with his wife for the birth of their child.

“First of all, delighted with how the first session went for us. To get back Pat Cummins at that price, actually, we thought he would go at a higher price so we are delighted with that. Obviously, Shreyas is a quality Indian batter, so that’s fantastic and we are very excited,” said Venky Mysore while replying to a query during a virtual press conference.

It was back to purple and gold for the pacer who picked 12 wickets in 14 games that included a 4-wicket haul in the 2020 IPL season. He bowled well in IPL 2021 too picking 9 scalps in 7 games averaging 26.33 besides scoring 93 runs averaging 31.

Kolkata Knight Riders Management To Decide Whether Shreyas Iyer Or Pat ummins Will Captain The Franchise: Venky Mysore

KKR parted ways with Eoin Morgan, who was their skipper in the last edition(IPL 2021). Hence, the team needs a strong skipper to replace Eoin Morgan in the next edition and Shreyas Iyer will be a good choice for the same. Shreyas Iyer led Delhi Capitals before and also took the team to the final in IPL 2020.

Replying about whether Shreyas will possibly be the captain of KKR, Venky Mysore said: “That is the decision the coach and think-tank will take. We need to digest the activities of the auction. Between Cummins and Shreyas, you have two solid options for captaincy.”

Fresh from playing a sublime knock for Rohit Sharma’s Team India side in the third and final One Day International (ODI) of the bilateral series against West Indies, Shreyas Iyer triggered a massive bidding war between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants on Day 1 of the mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season.

Shreyas Iyer, who was adjudged the Man of the Match in the 3rd ODI for scoring 80 after Covid-induced return, has joined Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the 2022 edition of the world’s richest T20 league on Saturday. The franchise defeated the likes of RCB, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants to acquire the services of the white-ball maverick for a whopping INR 12.25 crore.

Players retained: Andre Russell ( ₹12 crore), Varun Chakravarthy ( ₹8 crore), Venkatesh Iyer ( ₹8 crore), Sunil Narine ( ₹6 crore)

Players purchased: Shreyas Iyer ( ₹12.25 crore), Pat Cummins ( ₹7.25 crore), Nitish Rana ( ₹8 crore), Shivam Mavi ( ₹7.25 crore) ,  Sheldon Jackson ( ₹60 lakh),  Anukul Roy (₹ 20 lakh), Rinku Singh (₹ 55 lakh), Ajinkya Rahane (₹1 crore)