Jeddah. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) mentor and former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has praised the team’s strategy of going ‘all out’ to rope in Venkatesh Iyer with a view to retaining ‘key players’ of the IPL title-winning team. Have defended. The addition of Venkatesh, who was seen as a potential contender for the captaincy for KKR, has given rise to criticism that if giving him leadership was part of the team management’s plan then why not retain him. to be done.
Bravo, who won four IPL titles with Chennai Super Kings (CSK), said, “Adding Vanky (Venkatesh Iyer) was one of the main priorities for us, as you can see we went all out for him.” He said, “It is good that we have 90 percent players from the championship-winning team. This in itself is a positive sign.” Bravo said, ”When you are building a team from scratch, it is important that you retain your key players, building a combination is quite complex.
29-year-old all-rounder Venkatesh from Madhya Pradesh, who played nine T20 Internationals and two ODIs for India, was bought by KKR for Rs 23.75 crore. He became the third most expensive player in the two-day IPL auction held here on Monday. Only Rishabh Pant (Lucknow, Rs 27 crore) and Shreyas Iyer (Punjab, Rs 26.75 crore) received more bids. Bravo is also excited about explosive fast bowler Umran Malik joining KKR. “I always admire the speed at which he bowls,” he said. His hard work, energy and all that stuff. Glad we were able to add him to our list.
