Shreyas Iyer to lead THIS former finalists in IPL 2025, reports makes HUGE claims

On October 31, IPL franchises revealed their retained and released players for the 2025 mega auction, with one of the biggest surprises being Kolkata Knight Riders’ release of Shreyas Iyer, the captain of their 2024 title-winning season. This marks the first time a reigning IPL champion captain has been released. Reports suggest that Iyer’s former IPL franchise may have made a compelling promise, influencing KKR’s decision.

A PTI report reveals that Delhi Capitals, under the GMR group’s management for the next two years, have shown interest in re-signing Shreyas Iyer for the upcoming IPL season, with the promise of reinstating him as captain. Iyer previously led Delhi Capitals to the IPL final in 2020.

“There won’t be too many teams that would want Iyer the T20 batter but just to ensure DC spends a bomb on a player, they might engage in a bidding war for Iyer,” an official of the IPL franchise informed the news agency.

In an interview with RevSportz, KKR CEO Venky Mysore hinted that Shreyas Iyer and the franchise couldn’t agree on his requested fee, despite Iyer being KKR’s top retention choice.

“The interesting thing about retention is that there are so many aspects to it and forces as play. But what is fundamental to a retention that most people sometimes don’t understand that it’s a matter of mutually agreeing. It’s not a one-sided right that a franchise has. The player also has to consider various factors and agree. Sometimes along the line that agreement doesn’t happen because of various factors; money or somebody wants to test their value or whatever it is. That influences a decision as well, eventually, but he was No.1 on our list,” Mysore said.