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Kolkata Knight Riders team has won the IPL title twice. The team last won the IPL trophy under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. Last season, the team's regular captain Shreyas Iyer could not play due to injury. After this he underwent back surgery and played for Team India in the 2023 ODI World Cup. In Iyer's absence, Nitish Rana took over the captaincy of KKR. But Iyer is completely fit for IPL 2024 and has joined the KKR team.
Shreyas Iyer fits the bill perfectly
KKR captain Shreyas Iyer has joined the team's practice camp ahead of IPL 2024. Due to a back problem, Iyer's play in the initial matches of the tournament looked doubtful. KKR released pictures of Iyer's arrival on social media. KKR team has shared a video on Instagram and captioned it, Our Tiger's orders. Fans are seen welcoming Iyer.
Ruled out of test series against England
Shreyas Iyer played the first two Tests against England but then started having back pain. He was not selected in the Indian team for the remaining three test matches. Iyer did not play for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals but was part of the team in the semi-finals and final. He was suffering from back pain in the final against Vidarbha. For this reason he did not come on the field for the last two days of the match.
Iyer's IPL career
KKR is scheduled to play its first match in IPL 2024 against Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 23. Iyer is known for his excellent batting. He has been playing in IPL since 2015. He has so far scored 2776 runs in 101 IPL matches including 19 fifties. His highest score in IPL has been 96 runs.