Aakash Chopra accuses Shreyas Iyer of lying about KKR, says his miscommunication claims baseless
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has sparked a fresh controversy with his bold comments on Shreyas Iyer’s claims about his clash with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Addressing the rumors surrounding Iyer’s statement, Chopra claimed that the Indian batsman had lied about KKR to protect his image.
Iyer claimed that there was no communication between him and the Kolkata Knight Riders, and that this led to their split, but a cricket expert has reliably revealed that not only were talks held between the two sides, but that they were long, detailed talks which were repeated.
Aakash Chopra claims Shreyas Iyer lied about KKR’s communication
Recently, Shreyas Iyer opened up about his controversial and much talked about parting ways with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ahead of last year’s mega auction of IPL 2025. The Indian batsman led Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL 2024 title last year but then things didn’t work out and decided they broke up, and he went to the mega auction.
The Kolkata franchise opted to retain Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy along with Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh while dropping Shreyas Iyer for the upcoming IPL 2025. Later, Shreyas became the second most expensive player in IPL history after Punjab Kings (PBKS) snapped him up for INR 26.75 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Now the Indian batsman is all set to captain Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the upcoming IPL. Well, Shreyas Iyer recently made some bold allegations against the KKR team. He claimed that a ‘lack of communication’ from the Kolkata Knight Riders led to conflict between them, and they eventually parted ways. He said no one told him well about the detention.
There was no concrete effort in the retention talk: Shreyas Iyer
Iyer was quoted as saying in The Indian Express: “We spoke right after the IPL championship. But there was a pause for several months and no concrete efforts to talk about retention. So, due to lack of communication, we came to a situation where we separated from each other.”
Reacting to Iyer’s statement, Aakash Chopra asserted that despite numerous talks between the current PBKS skipper and the KKR team management, they failed to reach an agreement, but mostly because of Shreyas.
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The commentator also revealed that Iyer himself had some reservations about the possible outcomes, hinting that the batsman was making false allegations against KKR to protect his own image from being tarnished.
I can confirm that Iyer and Kolkata Knight Riders have spoken: Aakash Chopra
Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel, “Shreyas Iyer was the captain. So it should have been in the original scheme of things. However, he said that they did not even talk to him. But I can confirm that they talked. It was a very good conversation. And it was a long conversation. And it happened many times. And there was no agreement on that. And the bone of contention that usually exists.”
Chopra signed off by saying, “I’m not going to spell it out. Shreyas had some apprehension, like if I end up somewhere, what will happen and what won’t. But I can confirm that they had a conversation. But Shreyas says that didn’t happen. So there is definitely some difference between the two. Who told me? I also have my sources. I’m telling you. It happened.”
