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KKR announced the new captain and vice-captain for IPL 2025, you will also hold your head after knowing the names
KKR New Captain And Vice Captain For IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders have announced the new captain and vice-captain for IPL 2025. The team announced Ajinkya Rahane as the captain and Venkatesh Iyer as the vice-captain for the upcoming season. The new captain and vice-captain of KKR were announced through CEO Venky Mysore.
Announcing the new captain and vice-captain of the team, Venky Mysore said, "We are happy to have a person like Ajinkya Rahane, who brings his experience and maturity as a captain. Apart from this, Venkatesh Iyer has been a franchise player for KKR and has a lot of captaincy skills. We are sure that they will make a good combination when we defend the title."
At what price did KKR buy Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer
Let us tell you that for IPL 2025, KKR bought Ajinkya Rahane for Rs 1.5 crore. Apart from this, Venkatesh Iyer was bought by the team for Rs 23.75 crore. Let us tell you that Venkatesh was a part of KKR in IPL 2024, but the team released him. However, the team then bought him again in the mega auction.
What did Rahane say after becoming the captain?
After becoming the captain of Kolkata, Ajinkya Rahane said, "It is an honor to be asked to captain KKR, which has been one of the most successful franchises in the IPL. I think we have a good and balanced team. I am excited to work with everyone and accept the challenge of defending the title."
KKR Squad for IPL 2025
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Lavnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.
