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Come Auction day, the franchise went all out to attain the services of India batter Shreyas Iyer for a whopping sum of INR 12.25 Crore. It was their highest bid in the Auction and soon enough he was named captain of the side.
On his IPL captaincy debut, Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten match-winning knock of 93 off 40 deliveries with 10 sixes, which was his third successive IPL fifty of the season to power DD to a heavy total of 219/5 in the first innings of the match before earning him the man of the match award.
- Right-handed
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- Shreyas Santosh Iyer
Shreyas Iyer is a right-handed batter who leads Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024 after captaining Delhi Capitals for six seasons. He has scored over 400 runs in four IPL seasons and made his international debut in 2020.
- Male
- January 6, 1995
- India
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2 days ago · Former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers lauded Shreyas Iyer for KKR’s incredible journey in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The Knight Riders became the first team to qualify for the playoffs and are placed atop the table with 19 points and a net run rate of +1.428 thanks to wins in 9 out of 13 matches.
Dec 6, 1994 · Shreyas Iyer is a right-handed batsman and a former captain of Delhi Capitals in the IPL. He has played 109 IPL matches and scored 2994 runs at an average of 31.85 and a strike rate of 126.12.
May 2, 2024 · News. Shreyas 'is one of the strongest people', says KKR assistant coach. Abhishek Nayar says the KKR captain has been positive despite all the challenges and disappointments he's faced in recent...
Mar 28, 2024 · Learn about Shreyas Iyer's IPL journey from his debut in 2015 to his captaincy of KKR in 2024. Find out his auction price, runs, wickets, stats, records and achievements in the IPL.
