Venkatesh Iyer stunned many after being roped in for a massive price of Rs 23.75 crore by Kolkata Knight Riders at the IPL 2025 mega auction on Sunday, November 24. Iyer entered the auction at a base price of Rs 2 crore and saw a massive bidding war for him by three teams. source https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/venkatesh-iyer-shocker-kkr-spends-whopping-rs-23-75-crore-on-star-mp-all-rounder-2024-11-24-963221
Cricket has become demanding over the last few years especially since the advent of the T20 format at the international level. Keeping up with all three formats - ODI, T20I and Tests - has become tough for the players across the world. This has led to players retiring from at least one of the formats in order to prolong their careers in other forms of the sport. For the same reason, scoring a century in all three formats is considered a special achievement and only five Indian players have managed to do it.
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