Shreyas Iyer realised money influence after a girl started getting friendly post IPL auction By A Correspondent

The influence of money was clearly noticed by Iyer when a girl, whom he knew earlier as well, suddenly started getting too friendly with him post the IPL auction

Mumbai batting sensation Shreyas Iyer learnt a huge lesson after being picked by Delhi Daredevils for a whopping Rs 2.6 crore in the Indian Premier League auction in 2015. The influence of money was clearly noticed by Iyer when a girl, whom he knew earlier as well, suddenly started getting too friendly with him post the IPL auction.

Speaking at the Season One finale of the talk show — Open House with Renil — Iyer spoke about how people change their attitude when you have money. "Soon after the auction news was out, this girl whom I knew, started messaging me. On confronting her as to why she is desperately trying to reach out [to me], I got to know that she was doing so because she was happy for me.

"That's when I understood that rather than getting to know me, she was behind the money," Iyer said. Iyer, who made his India debut in November 2017 in a T20I v New Zealand, also revealed MS Dhoni's advice to him about not reading newspapers and monitor his social media.

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