Shreyas iyer in which ipl team 2023

Kolkata Knight Riders don't boast the most glamorous squad of all the franchises in the Indian Premier League. And after an underwhelming 2022 campaign in which they finished seventh out of the 10 teams, failing to qualify for the playoffs, they're not being backed to achieve much in 2023. With Shreyas Iyer's participation in the IPL unclear due to injury — he's due to captain the side but is suffering from a back problem that may require surgery — KKR will need canny MORE: KKR squad for IPL 2023 Here's how the Kolkata Knight Riders squad shapes up for the IPL in 2023, with 22 names registered after the draft in December, in which they added the pace of Lockie Ferguson and the all-round capabilities of India international Shardul Thakur. Captain Shreyas Iyer would be a huge miss if his back injury keeps him out of the tournament. Player Role Age Auction Price Nation Shreyas Iyer (c) Batter 28 IND 12.25 crore ($1.48m) India Nitish Rana Batter 29 IND 8 crore ($968,000) India Rahmanullah Gurbaz Batter 21 IND 50 lakhs ($68,000) Afghanistan Venkatesh Iyer Batter 28 IND 8 crore ($968,000) India Andre Russell All-rounder 34 IND 12 crore ($1.45m) West Indies Sunil Narine All-rounder 34 IND 6 crore ($726,00) West Indies Shardul Thakur All-rounder 31 IND 10.75 crore ($1.3m) India Lockie Ferguson Pace bowler 31 IND 10 crore ($1.2m) New Zealand Umesh Yadav Pace bowler 35 IND 2 crore ($242,000) India Tim Southee Pace bowler 34 IND 1.5 crore ($181,000) New Zealand Harshit Rana Pace bowl...

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As per a report by Cricbuzz, Iyer after having delayed the surgery to stay in contention to take part in the ICC Cricket World Cup in October, now wants to be available for selection for the WTC final, which is set to take place from June 7-11 in London against Australia. "He has met the specialist and the NCA officials. All are on the same page that the operation can be deferred. He will follow the experts' advice," a source close to Iyer was quoted as saying. Iyer will undergo periodic treatment and will take an injection on Thursday, March 30. Iyer, who led the two-time champions last season was set to have a big season with KKR this year not just as a player but as a captain too but the untimely injury has ruled him out. In place of Iyer, top-order batter Nitish Rana, who led Delhi in domestic games this season, has been handed the reins. Kolkata Knight Riders will begin their IPL 2023 campaign against the Punjab Kings in Mohali in an away game on Saturday, April 1.

Shreyas Iyer is an attacking top-order batter capable of marrying classical shots with brute force. He made headlines when Delhi Daredevils bought him at the 2015 IPL auction for Rs 2.6 crore (about US$416,000). It was faith he repaid with interest: he made 439 runs that season, and won the IPL Emerging Player of the Year award. Over the next six seasons, he became a mainstay of the side and its captain, making over 400 runs a season for them four times. Iyer came up through the Under-19 ranks, hitting back-to-back fifties in the 2014 World Cup playoffs to help India finish fifth. He made his first-class debut for Mumbai the next domestic season, and after a lukewarm stint in the middle order, was promoted to opener and finished as the team's top run-getter with 809 runs at an average of over 50. He had a blow-out Ranji Trophy season the next year, with 1321 runs at 73, and made a century in the final, where Mumbai won their 41st title. By then calls for Iyer to be fast-tracked into the India side had grown clamorous, but it took nearly another two years before he made his international debut, in the white-ball formats first. His first hundred for India came in an ODI against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2020, and he made a century and fifty on Test debut against the same side a little over a year and a half later, this time at home. In a Ranchi ODI in October 2022, he made a chase of 282 against South Africa look like a walk in a park with a well-paced unbeaten 113 that too...