While Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine were also considered for the role, the team’s management chose to rely on Rahane’s experience. It is noteworthy that Rahane was not the top choice for ...

Rahane was one of the strong favourites for the captaincy, as also all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer. Released after the 2024 season, Venkatesh too was bought by KKR at the auction at a whopping price of INR ...

Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore revealed the reason behind choosing Ajinkya Rahane as the skipper of the defending champions instead of going with their record-signing Venkatesh Iyer.

The likes of Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine were in contention but the team management backed the experience of Rahane. However, the Mumbai cricketer wasn’t KKR’s first-choice player in the ...

"IPL is quite an intense tournament. Clearly, we think very well of Venkatesh Iyer, but at the same time, it [captaincy] is taxing on a youngster. We have seen lots of people having lots of ...

New Delhi [India], March 13 : Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore revealed the reason behind choosing Ajinkya Rahane as the skipper of the defending champions instead of going with their ...

Clearly, we think very well of Venkatesh Iyer, but at the same time it (captaincy) is taxing on a youngster." "We have seen lots of people having lots of challenges with it (handling captaincy ...

Rahane was one of the contenders for the captaincy alongside Venkatesh Iyer, the India and Madhya Pradesh allrounder. Venkatesh was released after the 2024 season but was bought back by KKR in the ...

The euphoria around India's 2025 Champions Trophy triumph hasn't gone down, with middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer conceding that he has been running out of words over the feeling of winning an ICC ...

"IPL is quite an intense tournament," Mysore told ESPNcricinfo. "Clearly, we think very well of Venkatesh Iyer but, at the same time, it [captaincy] is taxing on a youngster. We have seen lots of ...