KKR makes captaincy offer for Suryakumar Yadav ahead of upcoming IPL season: Report

5-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions, Mumbai Indians (MI) made a big call heading in the IPL 2024, replacing long-serving skipper Rohit Sharma with Hardik Pandya, with the franchise bringing him back from Gujarat Titans. This led to further speculations of a rift between Rohit and Hardik. 

However, it seems that both players sorted out the differences between them during the T20 World Cup in June. It looked as if all problems were sorted out for the Mumbai-based franchise, however, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

A report has now claimed that Suryakumar Yadav, who was recently named the captain of India’s T20I side, has been approached by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to become their skipper, starting with IPL 2025.

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According to a YouTube video by journalist Rohit Juglan, Suryakumar could be re-united with his former team making an unofficial offer to him. The report also claimed that KKR are ready to do a trade deal with MI for Suryakumar, with Shreyas Iyer, who guided them to the title last year, going the other way.

This could indeed be a possibility with a mega auction set to be held before the new season next year. However, on the video by the journalist, there has been no official reaction from KKR.

Meanwhile, both Suryakumar and Iyer are playing for Mumbai in the ongoing Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament.