Iyer was purchased by KKR for INR 12.25 crore (approx. USD 1.5 million) forward of IPL 2022 and led the franchise to a seventh-place end that season, with six wins and eight defeats. A again harm in April 2023 dominated him out of the IPL and the World Check Championship remaining that summer time. Below Rana’s captaincy, Knight Riders completed seventh once more with six wins and eight defeats in IPL 2023.

“I imagine the final season introduced us with a number of challenges, together with my absence because of harm,” Iyer mentioned in a press release. “Nitish did a fantastic job not solely filling in for me but in addition together with his commendable management. I’m delighted that KKR has named him vice captain. Little doubt it can strengthen the management group”

So much has modified at KKR since Iyer was their captain. Having earlier led the aspect with Brendon McCullum as coach, he’ll now be working with Chandrakant Pandit and new workforce mentor Gautam Gambhir. It was underneath Gambhir’s captaincy that KKR gained their solely two IPL titles – in 2012 and 2014.

Iyer has beforehand labored with Pandit within the Mumbai state set-up in his childhood and alongside Gambhir briefly at Delhi Daredevils. Iyer’s first stint as an IPL captain got here in 2018, when he succeeded Gambhir at Delhi Daredevils halfway by the season.

KKR had launched 12 gamers together with Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav forward of the IPL participant public sale on December 19. They’ve a handbag of INR 32.7 crore to spend.

“It was certainly unlucky that Shreyas missed IPL 2023 because of harm. We’re delighted that he is again and on the helm as captain,” KKR CEO Venky Mysore mentioned. “The way in which he has labored onerous to recuperate from his harm and the shape he has displayed is a testomony to his character.

“We’re additionally grateful that Nitish had agreed to step into Shreyas’s footwear final season and did a fantastic job. There isn’t any doubt Nitish as vice-captain will help Shreyas in each doable method for the good thing about #TeamKKR.”