Iyer had said in a recent interview that there was no discussion with KKR management regarding his retention.
In IPL 2024, Shreyas Iyer played an important role in winning the title for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) under his captaincy. However, all the fans got a big shock when KKR did not retain the player before the IPL 2025 auction.
After this, recently Shreyas Iyer had given a big statement regarding IPL retention in KKR setup. Quoting the Indian Express, he said- We had a conversation right after the IPL Championship. But there were intermittent talks for a few months and no concrete efforts were made. I was surprised what was happening. So, due to lack of communication, we came to a situation where our paths mutually parted ways.
On the other hand, now a big reaction has come to this statement of Shreyas Iyer from former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cricketer and well-known cricket commentator Aakash Chopra. Chopra has termed Iyer’s comment as wrong.
Aakash Chopra gave a big statement
Let us tell you that after Shreyas Iyer’s statement recently, Aakash Chopra said through a video uploaded on his YouTube channel – Shreyas Iyer’s statement is interesting that no one talked to him, he said that KKR did not even talk to him. of. But I can confirm that the conversation took place, it was long and happened several times. You could not reach any agreement there, that is a different issue.
Akash further said- This is a franchise which invests in relationships with the players. I am not going to talk much about it, but Shreyas Iyer was confident about how things will unfold in the auction, Karma is real.
Well, after being released from KKR, Shreyas was signed by Punjab Kings in the mega auction of IPL 2025 by paying Rs 26.75 crore. Recently Iyer has also been appointed the captain of the team.