IPL 2022: Great Honour To Play Alongside Ajinkya Rahane, Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch: Shreyas Iyer

Newly appointed KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer is looking forward to their season opener against Chennai Super Kings on March 26. The match will be played at the Wankhede stadium and will be a rematch of the IPL 2021 final. CSK beat KKR to win the final and the Knights have a chance to put one back in the very first game of the season.

Shreyas Iyer will lead a new bunch of players in the KKR dug-out. The franchise roped in players like Ajinkya Rahane and Pat Cummins in the mega auction. While it added Aaron Finch as Ales Hales’ replacement who pulled out of the season due to bi-bubble fatigue.  Responding to a query from NDTV, Iyer opened up on playing alongside the above-mentioned players for his new players. 

“It is a great honour to have them (Aaron Finch, Pat Cummins, Ajinkya Rahane) alongside. They have achieved so many things while playing for their country. They have done wonders for themselves and it is an honour to play alongside them,” said Shreyas while replying to an NDTV query during a virtual press conference.

The KKR skipper further said that he will look forward to getting some guidance and information from the experienced players both on and off the field. 

Senior Players Will Play An Important Role In The Side: Shreyas Iyer

“Definitely, if I get to a point where I feel it is my time to take some advice from the senior players and it is not just on the field, it is off the field as well in terms of gelling up and trying to get little advice in managing the team, how to speak to youngsters, all these aspects play a vital role. The senior players will play an immense part in that,” Iyer stated further.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Aaron Finch, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan

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