Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer bought an apartment in Worli area of Mumbai for his mother Rohini for Rs 2.9 crore reportedly.
Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) captain and Mumbai batter Shreyas Iyer bought a 525 square feet flat in Worli area of Mumbai for his mother Rohini for Rs 2.9 crore. Iyer, who has been sidelined from the Indian cricket team, will be turning out for Mumbai to play under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane in the Irani Cup 2024 against Rest of India side beginning on October 1.
Iyer’s purchase of a ‘tiny’ flat in Mumbai set off a spate of viral memes on social. One fan tweeted a picture of Iyer and his mother with an image from ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ movies with Arshad Warsi’s famous dialogue – “Bhai ye to shuru hote hi khatam ho gaya”.
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Another fan said, ‘Shreyas Iyer be like – Hamara yahan aisa hi hota hai’ while another said, ‘Aap ek gareeb insaan ki gurbat ka mazaak uda rahe hain’.
Shreyas Iyer bhai be like: pic.twitter.com/JJ3y6ToJrM
— S H i V A M (@eternal_shivam) September 24, 2024
Shreyas Iyer bhai be like: pic.twitter.com/JJ3y6ToJrM
— S H i V A M (@eternal_shivam) September 24, 2024
This is not the only property owned by Iyer in Mumbai. In 2020, Iyer bought a 2,380 square feet flat in Lodha World Towers from Macrotech Developers for Rs 11.85 crore approximately, according to media reports. Iyer’s new apartment for his mother Rohini is on the 2nd floor of Triveni Industrial CHSL in the Adarsh Nagar area of Worli.
What is Shreyas Iyer’s net worth?
Iyer has a net worth of around Rs 58 crore currently, according to media reports. The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 champion KKR bought him at the auction a couple of years back for Rs 12.25 crore. As of this year, Iyer’s cumulative earning from the IPL stands at around Rs 72.55 crore over the years.
The Mumbai batter has been dropped down to Grade B contract by the BCCI in February 2024 and he earned Rs 3 crore per year till last year. Iyer has played in 62 ODIs for India and scored 2,421 runs at an average of 47.47 with 5 hundreds and 18 fifties. In 51 T20Is, Iyer has 1,104 runs with 8 fifties while he has also scored 811 runs in 14 Tests.
In the IPL, Iyer has played in 116 matches and scored 3,127 runs with 21 fifties. He has also led two teams in IPL – Delhi Capitals and KKR.