The current IPL champion Kolkata Knight Riders has retained a total of 6 players before the next season. The names of Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh are included in this list. But Kolkata Knight Riders have not retained a player who had contributed significantly in making the team champion. This player has now played a stormy innings in Ranji Trophy 2024-25. This player is playing for Madhya Pradesh team in Ranji Trophy and has been successful in showing the magic of his batting against Bihar.

This player scored a century before the auction

The teams of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar are face to face in the fourth round of Ranji Trophy. On the first day of this match, Madhya Pradesh won the toss and decided to bat first and by the end of the day's play, they strengthened their position by scoring 381 runs for four wickets in 88 overs. During this, Venkatesh Iyer played a strong innings. He scored unbeaten 118 runs on 113 balls. His innings included 11 fours and 4 sixes. Venkatesh Iyer will be eyeing to convert this score into a bigger score on the second day of the game.

Apart from Venkatesh Iyer, captain Shubham Sharma also scored unbeaten 134 runs. Before this, a short but important inning was also seen from the bat of Rajat Patidar. Rajat Patidar scored 45 runs in 49 balls. Let us tell you, Madhya Pradesh team had lost its first 4 wickets for 147 runs only. After this, Venkatesh Iyer and captain Shubham Sharma made the team comeback and also scored centuries. Shubham Sharma had come to bat at number four, whereas, Venkatesh Iyer scored these runs while playing at number six.

KKR team made champion

Venkatesh Iyer performed brilliantly for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024 and played an important role in making the team champion. Venkatesh had scored 370 runs in 14 matches this season and also scored four half-centuries. Venkatesh helped his team Kolkata Knight Riders win the third title by scoring half-centuries in Qualifier-1 and the final. But even after this brilliant performance, he could not make his place in the retention list of KKR.