Recent reports have been coming out that Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have approached India’s star batter Suryakumar Yadav for the captaincy duties. According to a journalist, named Rohit Juglan, KKR has made an official captaincy offer to Suryakumar Yadav for the next season.
KKR managed to win the IPL 2024 trophy under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. Iyer was bought as the captain of KKR in the IPL 2022 mega auction.
On the other, SKY has been a sensational player for Mumbai Indians over the years. He started his IPL career in KKR under captain Gautam Gambhir. However, he went on to his beast form during his tenure at Mumbai Indians. The 360 degree player has been the best batter in T20 format for quite some years. He can play his shots all around the world and is a destructive opposition for any bowling team.
Recently, after the T20 World Cup 2024 win, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20I format and Yadav has been made the full time T20I captain. He led India to a 3-0 whitewash against Sri Lanka in his first series as full-time T20I captain. Moreover, he has led India to a 4-1 series win against Australia and 1-1 draw in South Africa as well.
Mumbai Indians to trade Suryakumar Yadav for Shreyas Iyer ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction- Reports
MI bought back Hardik Pandya ahead of IPL 2024 auction and also appointed him as a captain. This did not sit well with the MI fans as they felt Sharma had been disrespected and also senior players like Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah have been ignored.
Reports also revealed that Bumrah and Suryakumar were not happy with the decision and hence they will leave the franchise ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Reports say that KKR would want to get hold of SKY and will like to trade Shreyas Iyer to Mumbai Indians. Now, it remains to be seen what exactly happens ahead of the upcoming IPL 2025 mega auction!
