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"To firstly get stripped of his captaincy, then to be dropped from the Sunrisers Hyderabad team, not being allowed to go to the ground -- if you want to wreck someone's confidence for a few games, that's the best way to do it," said Lee.
McCullum said Iyer's has been "incredible story" after the lanky southpaw from Indore amassed 370 runs from 10 games in IPL 2021.
The seam bowling all-rounder, who turned 30 on Saturday, had played a big role in CSK's triumph with figures of 3/38 in the final.
Chennai Super Kings clinched the IPL title for a fourth time with a 27-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kolkata failed to capitalise on a great start in reply to Chennai's 192/3 as the MD Dhoni-led side powered to a fourth IPL title in Dubai.
The cryptic post also built speculation around which franchise the Australian opener would prefer if given a choice in the upcoming season.
Having already sealed a playoff berth, Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals made one change to their XI, by bringing in Prthvi Shaw.
Mills has been recalled to the England squad for the first time since February, 2017.
Dhoni's strike rate of 66.66 against Delhi is his lowest in IPL history, where he has at least played 25 balls in an innings.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya has played only a couple of games in the UAE in the IPL, and that too as a batsman, raising doubts whether he is 100 per cent fit to play in the T20 World Cup.
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