‘New captain’ – Twitter reacts as Kolkata bags Shreyas Iyer for 12.25 crore

Among all the players participating in the ongoing mega auction, all eyes were on Shreyas Iyer. Owing to his captaincy record at Delhi, several pundits were expecting to see a massive bidding war for him. He was trending for the last few months as well.

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As expected, when Iyer's name came up during the mega auction, several teams went after him. Setting his base price at INR 2 crore, Bangalore were the first team bid for him. However, it was Kolkata who managed to finally buy him. They acquired his services for a whopping amount of INR 12.5 crore.

Buying him wasn't really easy as a lot of teams tried their luck, and started bidding for him. Post Bangalore, even Delhi swayed out at 9.75 Crores while Gujarat entered at 10 Crores. Yet, Kolkata continued their pursuit, and finally succeeded in getting him.

It is to be noted that the Kolkata-based franchise were looking for a captain as well. Now that they have acquired the services of Iyer, it is safe to assume that the Mumbai batter will now lead the two-time champions. Under his leadership, Delhi went on to reach the final during the 2020 edition.

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As far as his batting goes, the 27-year-old is one of the most flexible players, and can bat anywhere in the top-order. So far in the Indian T20 league, he has 2375 runs at an average of 31.7. His game against spin is his USP.

Thus, Twitter flooded with several Tweets about the same. People felt that Kolkata did a good job in buying Iyer. Many users even felt that he could be the solution to all their problems. Besides, he recently won the player of the match award for his 80 against West Indies during the third ODI. Thus, the Kolkata fans would be very happy with this buy.

Shreyas Iyer #IPLMegaAuction #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/N4esevoyAv

— Aakash Arora (@heythisisaakash) February 12, 2022

Captain Shreyas Iyer 🔥🔥 #IplAuction pic.twitter.com/PkrXO73fsj

— Priyanka 👑 (@PriyankaSRKian) February 12, 2022

Shreyas Iyer pic.twitter.com/KLq5ZDYss6

— Vansh (@vanshtaneja22) February 12, 2022

Time to follow @KKRiders ✅#ShreyasIyer #AmiKKR #IPL2022Auction

— Team Shreyas Iyer (@TeamShreyas) February 12, 2022

Shreyas Iyer to #KKR
yayyyyyyyyyy 🎉🎉🎉

— Bela (@Srijana_Belbase) February 12, 2022

12.25 for @ShreyasIyer15 means that @KKRiders have got their new captain. Good buy! #IPLMegaAuction #IPLMegaAuction2022

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) February 12, 2022

Shreyazzzz🔥🔥🔥#IPLMegaAuction2022 #ShreyasIyer #kkr

— Rohit (@GsVRohit15) February 12, 2022

And he could well be captain. Highest as expected so far @ShreyasIyer15 @KKRiders 12.25 crores!! @OfficialFanatic #IPLMegaAuction

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) February 12, 2022

Two brilliant pick ups at excellent prices for KKR at the IPL auctions. Shreyas Iyer and Pat Cummins are steals at their prices and both possible captains.

— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) February 12, 2022

KKR captain @ShreyasIyer15 🔥💥

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 12, 2022