Getting Venkatesh Iyer was one of our main priorities: KKR mentor Dwayne Bravo

“It’s important to support your halfway due to the fact that erstwhile you person to physique from scratch, it becomes analyzable to marque combinations and all. We started readying portion I was successful Trinidad. We had travel with a due plan, the players we wanted to target,” the 4-time IPL champion with Chennai Super Kings added.

Iyer became the 3rd astir costly signing successful this year’s IPL auction conscionable down his erstwhile skipper Shreyas Iyer who went to Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore and Rishabh Pant who was bought by the Lucknow Super Giants for a league grounds of Rs 27 crore.

“Thank you, KKR, for trusting maine and showing truthful overmuch content successful me. I’m highly delighted to beryllium portion of Kolkata Knight Riders again. To beryllium honest, I’m astatine a nonaccomplishment for words, but I’m elated to beryllium portion of the KKR squad erstwhile again,” the 29-year-old had said close aft helium returned to the Knights connected Sunday.

“The KKR manager (Chandrakant Pandit) was besides my manager successful Madhya Pradesh. We were discussing however I felt tense astir coming backmost to KKR. But again, it’s a connection of the franchise’s absorption connected winning championships and subordinate improvement and however overmuch they worth its players. I’m thrilled to play for KKR again and blessed they’ve shown truthful overmuch assurance successful me,” helium had added.