Shreyas Iyer was given the captaincy of Punjab Kings, Salman Khan announced in Big Boss 18

Shreyas Iyer was given the captaincy of Punjab Kings, Salman Khan announced in Big Boss 18

In the Indian Premier League 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets and won the title. Even after this, Kolkata did not retain captain Shreyas Iyer. In such a situation, Shreyas entered the mega auction held in Saudi Arabia last year. In the auction, Punjab Kings spent Rs 26.75 crore on Shreyas Iyer. Now he has been given a big responsibility.

New Delhi. In the final of IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the title for the third time. Even after winning the trophy, Kolkata did not retain captain Shreyas Iyer.

In such a situation, Iyer participated in the mega auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia last year. Punjab Kings spent a lot of money on Shreyas Iyer in the auction. The franchise had added him for Rs 26.75 crore. With this, Shreyas became the second most expensive player in IPL history.

Punjab found a unique way

Now Punjab Kings has given a big responsibility to Shreyas. The team owned by Preity Zinta announced its captain today. For this, Punjab Kings found a unique way. The franchise announced the name of its new captain in Bigg Boss 18. Salman Khan announced the name of the new captain of Punjab Kings. Apart from Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal and Shashank Singh arrived in Bigg Boss today. Dailymintz

Shreyas said this

Shreyas said, "I am honored that the team has shown its faith in me. I am looking forward to working with coach Ponting again. The team looks strong, with a great mix of talented and well-performing players. I hope we will be able to repay the faith shown by the management by winning our first title"

Video viral on social media

A video from the sets of Bigg Boss was going viral on social media. In this video, Salman Khan says that now the time has come to decide who will be the captain of Punjab Kings. Let us tell you that Punjab Kings have not won the IPL title yet.

Performance of Punjab Kings in IPL

1.IPL 2008: 2 out of 8 semi-finals

2.IPL 2009: 5th of 8 league stages

3.IPL 2010: 8th of 8 in the league stage

4.IPL 2011: 5th of 10 League Stage

5.IPL 2012: 6th of 9 League Stage

6.IPL 2013: 6th of 9 in the league phase

7.IPL 2014: 1 out of 8 runners-up

8.IPL 2015: 8th of 8 League Stage

9.IPL 2016: 8th of 8 League Stage

10.IPL 2017: 5th of 8 league stages

11.IPL 2018: 7th of 8 league stages

12.IPL 2019: 6th of 8 league stages

13.IPL 2020: 6th of 8 league stages

14.IPL 2021: 6th of 8 league stages

15.IPL 2022: 6th of 10 league stages

16.IPL 2023: 8th out of 10 league stages

17.IPL 2024: 9th out of 10 league stages