IPL 2022 / KKR announced the new captain, the player who took DC to the final got the captaincy

 IPL Mega Auction is over. Now the KKR team has announced the new captain for IPL 2022. The player who has been made captain by KKR. That player has taken Delhi Capitals to the final on his own. Along with the captain, this player is known for his batting.

This player became captain

KKR has named Shreyas Iyer as its captain. Shreyas Iyer is a wonderful captain. Earlier he has captained Delhi Capitals. It was under his captaincy that Delhi Capitals had traveled till the final. Shreyas changes the bowling very well. He also keeps increasing his enthusiasm by going to the bowler. He has immense experience, which can come in handy for KKR. Shreyas Iyer was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 12 crore 25 lakh in IPL Mega Auction 2022.

Iyer is in excellent form

Shreyas Iyer is running in excellent form. He played an innings of 80 runs in the third ODI against West Indies. He has an amazing ability to hold on to the wicket. When he is in his rhythm, he can tear apart any bowling order. In the last few years, in all the three formats, he has presented the best game for India and he is famous for his classic batting. He has played 87 matches in IPL and scored 2375 runs at an effective average of 31.67. During this his strikerate has been 123.96. He has 16 half-centuries to his name, while his best score is 96.

Pant lost the captaincy

Shreyas Iyer also has captaincy experience. He has also captained Delhi Capitals. He had also led the Delhi team to the final of IPL 2020 on his own, but before the 2021 season, he suffered an injury and had to be out. Then Rishabh Pant was made the captain. After this, when he returned, the Delhi management retained Pant as the captain. Iyer was very angry with this and he decided to leave the Delhi team.