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Venkatesh Iyer on KKR: All 10 teams have announced their retention lists for the upcoming IPL 2025. Now everyone's attention is on the upcoming mega auction. According to reports, it can be organized in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 24-25 November. Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders is the first such team. Who has retained 6 players. And now he will not be able to use the Right to Match Card (RTM) in the auction. All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer's emotional statement regarding his exclusion from the team has come to light.
I also wanted to be a part of the retention list
Iyer said, 'I believe that KKR has retained very good players. With the help of 6 players, he has covered 14-16 overs of bowling in retention only. Whereas in batting the team has retained 5th position. I also wanted to be a part of that retention list.
KKR gave a new life to my career
Iyer was clearly unhappy at not being included in KKR's retention list. He further said, 'KKR has given new life to my career. And I have also worked hard and played for this team. KKR team is also special because there are not only 16 players in the team but the players, coaching staff and management live like a family. That's why when I saw the retention list of Kolkata, I got a little emotional. Because my name was not there. I was retained in the year 2022. But now I am not in the list.
Venkatesh Iyer's IPL career
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh for IPL 2025. Venkatesh Iyer started his IPL career in the year 2021 by playing for KKR. He has scored 1326 runs in 50 matches for KKR so far. Also took 3 wickets.