Aakash Chopra has called the player who can a “potential captain” for KKR.© Instagram
The mega auction for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season will take place on February 12-13 in Bengaluru. A total of 590 players will go under the hammer ahead of the 15th edition of IPL. The addition of two new teams — Lucknow Super Giants and Ahmedabad — has heightened the excitement among fans. While the already-existing 8 franchises named their retained players list last year, the two new franchises also named their three draft picks each ahead of the auction.
In an effort to strike the right balance in the squad, the franchises are all set to battle it out to bring in the services of some of the biggest names in the world of cricket.
Former Indian batter Aakash Chopra said the absence of Ishan Kishan in the “marquee” of players – Ravichandran Ashwin, Shreyas Iyer, David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock, Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins, Faf du Plessis and Trent Boult — could see Shreyas Iyer eventually become the most expensive player.
“The most expensive player, to be quite honest, will be Shreyas Iyer. In this list, Iyer will be the most expensive because Ishan Kishan is not there (in the list of players shared by Chopra). If Ishan was there, there would have been a Now they will set aside money for Ishan and money will be splashed out for Iyer,” Chopra said in a video uploaded to Koo.
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Chopra said Shreyas could also be a “potential captain” for the likes of Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore
“Shreyas Iyer could be a potential KKR or RCB captain. I don’t think Punjab would be looking at him,” he added.
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