Venkatesh Iyer becomes third most expensive buy in IPL 2025 auction at ₹23.75 crore

livemint.com — November 24, 2024 at 03:01 PM UTC

In the IPL 2025 auction, Venkatesh Iyer was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹23.75 crore, making him the third most expensive player after Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant. The bidding started at ₹2 crore, with KKR quickly raising their offer. Royal Challengers Bengaluru also competed but KKR ultimately retained Iyer, who has scored 1,326 runs in 51 matches for the team. KKR also acquired Quinton de Kock for ₹3.6 crore and Rahmanullah Gurbaz for ₹2 crore. Gurbaz returns to KKR after previous seasons with the franchise.

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