{"id":22492,"date":"2025-12-16T15:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=671887"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:54:22","slug":"ipl-2026-auctions-venkatesh-iyer-sold-to-defending-champions-rcb-for-rs-7-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auctions-venkatesh-iyer-sold-to-defending-champions-rcb-for-rs-7-crore\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 Auctions: Venkatesh Iyer sold to defending champions RCB for Rs 7 crore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian all-rounder <strong>Venkatesh Iyer<\/strong> was snapped up by <strong>Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)<\/strong> for <strong>Rs 7 crore<\/strong> at the ongoing <strong>IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/strong>, marking a new chapter after his release from <strong>Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)<\/strong>, the franchise he represented for several seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his <strong>aggressive left-handed batting<\/strong> and useful <strong>right-arm medium pace<\/strong>, Venkatesh Iyer has been one of the standout Indian all-rounders in the IPL over the past few years. His ability to impact games at the top of the order as well as contribute with the ball has made him a valuable asset in the shortest format.<\/p>\n<p>Iyer rose to prominence with KKR during the <strong>IPL 2021 season<\/strong>, playing a key role in their run to the final with a series of match-winning performances. Over the years, he established himself as a core member of the KKR setup before being released ahead of the <strong>IPL 2026 auction<\/strong> as the franchise reshuffled its squad.<\/p>\n<p>RCB\u2019s move to sign Venkatesh Iyer for <strong>Rs 7 crore<\/strong> strengthens their Indian core and provides balance to their lineup, especially with his flexibility to bat in the top order or the middle order depending on team requirements.<\/p>\n<p>With the defending champions adding his all-round skill set to their squad, Venkatesh Iyer will be keen to make an immediate impact in <strong>IPL 2026<\/strong> under new colours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer was snapped up by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for Rs 7 crore at the ongoing IPL\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}