In IPL 2025, the Kolkata Knight Riders team will go down to defend their title. KKR players are also preparing fiercely for this season. At the same time, this time Kolkata Knight Riders will take the field with the new captain. He has given the command of the team to experienced player Ajinkya Rahane for this season. At the same time, Venkatesh Iyer has been made the vice -captain, who had been the big hero of the team's victory in the last season. But before IPL 2025, a special view was seen in KKR camp. KKR made Venkatesh Iyer captain in front of Ajinkya Rahane.

Venkatesh Iyer becomes captain in front of Rahane

Actually, Kolkata Knight Riders played an intra-voice match before IPL 2025. In this match, KKR players were divided into 2 teams. During this, the team was captained by Ajinkya Rahane and the team was handed over to Venkatesh Iyer. This match was quite high scoring, where KKR's big players performed very well. Batsmen like Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell played explosive innings.

Venkatesh Iyer played captaincy innings

Team Gold batted first in this Intra-Squad match of KKR. Venkatesh Iyer's team scored 215 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs, in which Iyer contributed 61 runs. He scored these runs on just 26 balls and retired out. Apart from him, Lavanith Sisodia also caught everyone's attention. He played a stormy innings of 46 runs off 24 balls. At the same time, Ramandeep Singh scored an unbeaten 27 off 13 balls.

On the other hand, Ajinkya Rahane captained team Purple achieved target at the loss of 4 wickets in 15.4 overs. Team Purple's victory was the hero Quinton de Kock, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell. Rinku Singh scored the most unbeaten 77 runs. He played this innings on just 33 balls. At the same time, Andre Russell scored an unbeaten 59 off 23 balls. Earlier, Quinton de Kock gave the team a good start by scoring 52 runs off 22 balls.