'I confirm', Aakash Chopra calls Shreyas Iyer's claims false, now new ruckus on IPL retention

Cricket News Desk. Kolkata Knight Riders won the title in the Indian Premier League 2024 under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. In such a situation, it was expected that the team would retain its champion captain for the next season at any cost, but it did not happen. KKR team did not retain its captain Iyer in the team. In such a situation, when Iyer appeared in the mega auction, the Punjab Kings team bought him with a record bid of Rs 26.75 crore and made him their captain for IPL 2025.

IPL 2025 may start from the last week of March, but before that Iyer has made a shocking revelation about his old team KKR. While talking to Indian Express, Iyer had accused the KKR team of not seriously talking to him regarding retention, due to which he decided to leave the team, but now former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has refuted his claims. . It has been rejected.

However, former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra does not consider these claims of Shreyas Iyer to be true. Aakash Chopra believes that Shreyas Iyer was the captain, but according to Iyer's statement, KKR did not talk to him. I can now confirm that the conversation took place. The truth is that there was a long discussion on this, but no consensus could be reached, which is a different matter.

He said, 'Shreyas also had some doubts, but what happened is very interesting. Sometimes you start thinking, 'Karma is right, man', I can confirm that conversation happened. I also have my sources.

Shreyas Iyer accused KKR

On not being retained, Shreyas Iyer said, 'Naturally after winning the IPL we had direct talks, but when no concrete efforts were made even after a few months, I wondered what was happening.' Due to lack of communication from the franchisee's side, we reached a situation where we have decided to part ways with mutual consent.

“I'm definitely disappointed,” he said. Because when no concrete result comes out of talking to you, you feel shocked. Especially when before the retention deadline. In such a situation, it is clear that something was missing from the franchise. That's why I had to separate. Whatever is written will definitely happen.