Kolkata has bought Venkatesh for Rs 23.75 crore.
The mega auction for IPL 2025 has started from November 24 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. So on the first day of the mega auction, 10 teams were seen spending huge money on players. A lot of money was showered on some players, while some big names remained unsold in this mega auction.
On the other hand, in this mega auction, Indian team all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer has been included by three-time IPL champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by paying a huge amount of Rs 23.75 crore. Before this auction, no one expected that KKR would sign Venkatesh for such a huge amount.
This was the biggest purchase by KKR on the first day of the auction. So, after Venkatesh Iyer was sold for a huge amount in this mega auction, former Indian player Sanjay Bangar was seen taking a dig. Bangar says that KKR has bought the wrong Iyer.
Sanjay Bangar gave a funny reaction
Let us tell you that after Venkatesh Iyer was sold in the IPL mega auction, Sanjay Bangar while discussing with Jio Cinema said – I think KKR has bought the wrong Iyer. He is not the obvious choice to captain yet.
See this reaction of Sanjay Bangar
Do you agree with Sanjay Bangar?🤔 pic.twitter.com/XNCNolkWpu
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) November 25, 2024
On the other hand, tell us about the purchases made by Kolkata Knight Riders on the first day of the mega auction. So the team has spent a total of Rs 109.95 crore. Whereas after the first day of auction, KKR is left with the outstanding amount of Rs 10.05 crore. The team has so far bought Venkatesh Iyer, Enrique Norkhia, Quinton de Kock, Angrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora and Mayank Markande.