Shreyas Iyer will become the first such captain in IPL history, KKR is releasing him!

IPL 2025: The retention list for the Indian Premier League 2025 will be released by the evening of 31st October. Meanwhile, it is being said in the report that Kolkata Knight Riders is not retaining captain Shreyas Iyer. The interesting thing is that KKR team became champion last season under the captaincy of Iyer, but KKR is releasing him. In such a situation, Iyer will become the first captain in IPL history who will be dropped from the team the very next season after winning the title.

The first season of IPL was played in the year 2008. This season, Rajasthan Royals won the IPL title under the captaincy of Shane Warne. In the next season in 2009, Shane Warne also captained Rajasthan. Adam Gilchrist made Deccan Chargers champion in the year 2009. In the year 2010 also he was the captain of Deccan Chargers.

In the years 2010 and 2011, Chennai Super Kings won the title under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. He remained the captain of CSK in the year 2012 also. In the year 2012, Kolkata Knight Riders became champion under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir was the captain of KKR in the year 2013 also. In the year 2013, Rohit Sharma made Mumbai Indians the champion. He remained the captain of the team in the next season also.

In the year 2014, KKR won its second title under the captaincy of Gambhir. Gambhir remained the captain of KKR in the next season in 2015 also. In the year 2015, Mumbai Indians won the title again. Rohit should remain the captain of MI next season also. Sunrisers Hyderabad became champion in IPL 2016 under the captaincy of David Warner. Warner remained the captain the next season also.

From 2017 to 2021, Mumbai Indians won the IPL title 3 times and CSK won the IPL title 4 times. Even after this, Rohit and Dhoni remained the captains of the team. In the year 2022, Gujarat Titans became champion under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. Hardik remained the captain of GT in the next season 2023 also.

In IPL 2023, CSK again became the champion under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, but in the next season i.e. IPL 2024, MS Dhoni left the captaincy of CSK. Although Dhoni is still a part of the team, but if KRR releases Shreyas Iyer, then he will become the first player who is released in the next season after making the team the champion.