Punjab Kings have named Shreyas Iyer as captain for the IPL 2025 season. In an unparalleled transfer, the announcement was made by Bollywood famous person Salman Khan on the fact TV present ‘Bigg Boss’ on Sunday. Iyer, Shashank Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal had been current on the units of the present with Salman to make it extra thrilling for the followers. The 30-year-old expressed gratitude to the Punjab Kings administration and vowed to repay the religion. “I’m honoured that the group has reposed its religion in me. I’m trying ahead to working once more with Coach Ponting. The group seems to be sturdy, with an amazing mixture of potential and confirmed performers. I hope to repay the religion proven by the administration to ship our maiden title,” Iyer mentioned.
Head coach Ricky Ponting mentioned, “Shreyas has an amazing thoughts for the sport. His confirmed capabilities as captain will allow the group to ship. I’ve loved my time with Iyer previously in IPL, and I look ahead to working with him once more. Together with his management and the expertise within the squad, I’m excited in regards to the seasons forward.”
Punjab Kings CEO Satish Menon added, “We had recognized Shreyas as our captain and had been delighted with the public sale end result. He has already confirmed himself to grasp the format, and his imaginative and prescient for the group aligns completely with our objectives. With him and Ponting becoming a member of palms once more, we’re assured our group has a strong management group to information us to our first title.”
In 2024, Iyer had a banner yr. He was a part of the Mumbai group that received the Ranji and Irani trophy. He captained Kolkata Knight Riders of their victorious 2024 IPL marketing campaign. Beneath his management, Mumbai received their second Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Iyer was anticipated to be named Punjab Kings captain in IPL 2025 after being acquired for a staggering Rs 26.75 crore through the IPL Mega Public sale in November final yr.
Punjab got here into the public sale having retained simply two gamers – Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh – and a most purse of Rs 110.5 crore, aiming to construct from scratch with new head coach Ricky Ponting in cost. They snapped Arshdeep Singh after deciding to train their Proper-to-Match (RTM) card in opposition to the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s remaining bid of Rs 18 crore.
Kings broke the financial institution for Iyer and bagged him for a whopping Rs 26.75 crore, the second most costly buy of the public sale after Rishabh Pant, who was offered for a jaw-dropping worth of Rs 27 crore to Lucknow Tremendous Giants.
“The public sale has gone nice. It in all probability could not have gone a lot better, to be trustworthy. It has been lots of work and lots of group effort. The analysts have performed a terrific job, offering me with a lot info on the native gamers. Clearly, I do know so much in regards to the abroad guys,” Ponting mentioned after the public sale.
Punjab Kings squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey.
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