Not Venkatesh Iyer worth Rs 23.75 crore, but this veteran player worth Rs 1.50 crore will become the new captain of Shahrukh Khan's team.

IPL 2025: Even though the IPL 2025 auction is over, discussions are still going on regarding many players. Ever since IPL defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders showed their captain Shreyas Iyer out of the team, it was expected that great players like Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine or Venkatesh Iyer could be given the command of the team. Is.

These are three such players who have performed brilliantly for the team on many occasions, but the management has played a big game with them and given the command of the team to a 36-year old player, who will be the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025. Will lead.

Kolkata Knight Riders bought Rinku Singh for Rs 13 crore and Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore, after which it was believed that one of these two players would be given the command of the team but nothing like this happened. Rather, the management has made 36-year-old Ajinkya Rahane the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. Let us tell you that considering the all-round experience of Ajinkya Rahane, the management can take this decision, but it has not been officially announced by the team yet, but it is being said because apart from Rahane, there are no other players in the Kolkata team. There is no other player who has good captaincy experience.

Has captained in 25 IPL matches

For IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders have bought Ajinkya Rahane for a price of Rs 1.50 crore. If we discuss his captaincy, he has captained in 25 matches in IPL and has won only 9 matches. Whereas it has faced defeat in 16 matches. However, under his captaincy, Team India won the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. In such a situation, everyone's eyes are on how Rahane performs in IPL 2025 if he is made the captain.