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Kolkata Knight Riders have been topped Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 champions underneath the captaincy of Indian cricket workforce batter Shreyas Iyer. Nonetheless, the franchise determined to not retain him forward of the mega public sale and as an alternative, they went with Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Varun Chakravarthy together with Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh. Shreyas was finally purchased for Punjab Kings for Rs. 26.75 crores and he shall be captaining them in IPL 2025. In a latest interplay, Shreyas opened up in regards to the retention snub and the way upset he felt about it.
“Certainly, I had a fantastic time winning the championship at KKR. The fan following was outstanding, they were electrifying in the stadium and I loved every moment I spent there. So obviously, we had a conversation straight after the IPL championship. But for a few months, there was a layover and no concrete effort in having a retention talk. I was perplexed about what’s happening. So, because of a lack of communication, we came to a situation where we parted ways, mutually. And that’s the long and short of it,” Shreyas mentioned in an interplay with Indian Specific.
“Yes, obviously disappointed, because when you don’t have a certain line of communication and if you get to know things one week prior to the retention date, then obviously something is lacking over there. So I had to take a call. Whatever is written is supposed to happen. But other than that, I would just like to say that the time I spent over there with Shah Rukh Sir, the family, all of them, was phenomenal. And obviously, winning the championship was probably an integral part of my life,” Shreyas added.
Shreyas was part of Delhi Capitals and he even captained the franchise from 2018 to 2020.
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