Published: Nov 27, 2024, 09:21 AM (IST)
Edited: Nov 27, 2024, 09:37 AM (IST)
Nitish Rana was a key player for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and even had a big part in guiding the team to the IPL title in 2024. However, before the auctions for the IPL 2025, the batter got released from the franchise and eventually got bought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Rs. 4.20 crore.
After the auction, Nitish’s wife Saachi Marwah, went to social media and made a comment towards KKR as they did not retain him before the auction.
She posted a picture along with the message – “Loyalty is very expensive, not everyone can afford it“. This post has gone viral on social media, and had caused a lot of banter on social media.
Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, the current mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), came in defense of the team going all out for Venkatesh Iyer to keep the core of the franchise intact.
Even though he is taken as the potential captaincy candidate for KKR, the taking of Venkatesh has given rise to a lot of for why he did not get retained if leadership was the team’s plan for him.
“Getting Venky (Venkatesh Iyer) was one of the main priorities for us, as you could see, we went all out for him,” said Bravo.
“It’s good that we have 90 per cent of the players from the championship-winning team. That in itself is a positive sign. It’s important to keep your core because when you have to build from scratch, it becomes complicated to make combinations and all,” he added
“We started planning while I was in Trinidad. We had come with a proper plan, the players we wanted to target,” he concluded.
