Ajinkya Rahane to captain KKR in IPL 2025
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has been made Ajinkya Rahane the captain for the 18th season of IPL. Venkatesh Iyer, who got Rs 23.75 crore in the mega auction, has been made the vice -captain. Team became champions in the 2024 season under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, this time he went to Punjab Kings in the auction.
Defending champion KKR will start the campaign against RCB at his home ground this time. This time the qualifier-2 and the finals will also be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata due to KKR winning the title.
9th captain of Ajinkya KKR
Ajinkya Rahane will be the 9th captain of KKR. Prior to him, Sourav Ganguly, Brendon McCullum, Gautam Gambhir, Jacques Kallis, Dinesh Karthik, ON Morgan, Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Rana have also captained the team. The team won the title in 2012 and 2014 under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer made the team champion in 2024.
Venkatesh Iyer team’s most expensive player
Venkatesh Iyer is consistently with the KKR team. However, the franchise had also released Venkatesh last time, but re-bought in mega auction. The Kolkata franchise spent Rs 23.75 crore to re-purchase Venkatesh. At present, Venkatesh is the most expensive player in the team.
