Shreyas Iyer becomes the most expensive player in IPL history, bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore


IPL 2025 Auction: Punjab Kings bought Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore.

Shreyas Iyer (Photo Source: Getty Images)

IPL 2025 Auction, Shreyas Iyer: Under the leadership of Indian player Shreyas Iyer, Kolkata Knight Riders became the champion by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last IPL season. Shreyas is the first captain in IPL history to have taken two different franchises to the finals, under his captaincy Delhi Capitals also reached the finals in 2020.

Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, Kolkata Knight Riders released their captain, which surprised everyone. The franchise bought him for Rs 12.25 crore in the IPL 2022 mega auction and appointed him the captain. Now Shreyas Iyer will be seen playing for Punjab Kings in the upcoming season of IPL. The franchise has included the star batsman in the team for Rs 26.75 crore.

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Shreyas Iyer becomes the most expensive player in IPL history

There was a fierce competition between Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings to buy Shreyas Iyer. Finally, Punjab Kings included Shreyas in their team by making a huge bid of Rs 26.75 crores. Shreyas has become the most expensive player in IPL history.

Shreyas Iyer’s performance for Kolkata Knight Riders

Shreyas Iyer has played 29 matches for Kolkata Knight Riders from 2022-2024, in which he has scored 752 runs at an average of 34.18, strike rate of 140.03 and 5 half-centuries. His highest score is 85.

IPL career-

Shreyas Iyer has played 115 matches in IPL so far, in which he has scored 3127 runs at an average of 32.24 and strike rate of 127.48. His highest score is 96, he has scored 21 half-centuries in the league.



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Punjab Kings have paid a price of Rs 44.75 crore to buy both the players. Tom Moody (Image Credit- Twitter X) IPL 2025 Mega Auction: The mega auction for IPL 2025 is currently taking place in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. This time, bidding is going on to buy 333 players in the world’s most expensive cricket T20 league. In the mega auction, all the 10 teams participating in the tournament are seen bidding to fill the 204 vacant slots. In the mega auction, the players included in the marquee list are the first to be seen bidding. Meanwhile, the experienced Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who is included in this list and has taken the most wickets in IPL, has been included in his team by Punjab Kings by paying a huge amount of Rs 18 crore. After this, Punjab Kings (PBKS) have included the experienced middle order batsman of the Indian team, Shreyas Iyer by paying a huge amount of Rs 26.75 crore. Punjab Kings have paid a price of Rs 44.75 crore to buy both the players. So after Punjab bought these two players for a huge amount, a big statement from the team’s former coach Tom Moody has come out. Tom Moody gave a big statement Let us tell you that after Punjab Kings bought Arshdeep Singh and Shreyas Iyer in the IPL auction, Tom Moody quoted Hindustan Times as saying – This tells us that Punjab came to this auction with a pocket full of crores, and now He has emptied them very quickly with the auction of two players. Yes, you knew they were going to be hard soon, because of the position they were in. I don’t think fans around the world were expecting to pay Rs 18 crore for Arshdeep or almost Rs 27 crore for Shreyas Iyer. They have got their two players, but they have paid a heavy price for it. Some new, some old ➡️ Ready to shine in red and gold!#IPL2025Auction #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/sLzA8z02iU — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) November 24, 2024

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