The Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer acquired a grand welcome from the loyal followers of the group as he arrived on the group camp on March 16, Saturday.
Shreyas arrived to hitch the remainder of his teammates in Kolkata on Saturday after taking part in within the Ranji Trophy ultimate for Mumbai. The Indian batter was welcomed by the followers with cheers and fist bumps and Shreyas obliged to click on a number of photos with them as nicely.
The followers did have banners of their arms with particular messages for his or her captain, who’s making a return after a short hiatus from the IPL.
Why IPL 2024 might be vital for Shreyas Iyer?
Shreyas is making a return to the KKR aspect and the IPL after lacking final 12 months’s match resulting from an harm. The Indian batter has been going by a turbulent interval in worldwide cricket.
After taking part in a pivotal function for the Indian group within the ODI World Cup 2023, scoring greater than 500 runs, Shreyas discovered himself in a limbo throughout the collection in opposition to England. After failure to transform his begins within the collection, Shreyas discovered himself out of the aspect.
Iyer was excluded from BCCI’s central contract listing together with Ishan Kishan, with questions additionally being raised on his dedication in direction of home cricket as he missed the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal for Mumbai.
Nevertheless, he would come again to the aspect in time for the semi-final and ultimate. Whereas he struggled with the bat initially, Shreyas went on to attain an vital 95 within the second innings of the ultimate as Mumbai ended up successful their forty second title.
Whereas there have been query marks raised on his health, the Indian batter appears to have shaken off the niggle he was carrying and has now joined the KKR squad, who will begin their marketing campaign in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 23 on the Eden Gardens.
KKR Squad for IPL 2024
Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Phil Salt.
