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Height: 6′ 0″
Age: 28 Years
Hometown: Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Some Lesser Known Facts About Venkatesh Iyer
- Venkatesh Iyer is an Indian cricketer who performs as a batting all-rounder for the Madhya Pradesh state workforce within the home and Kolkata Knight Riders within the Indian Premier League.
- Venkatesh Iyer belongs to a modest background and began his journey on the age of 10 when he joined a cricket membership in his hometown Indore.
- Venkatesh Iyer used to play as wicketkeeper-batsman until Under-19 stage. He developed an curiosity in bowling when he was given an opportunity to bowl in a match.
- Venkatesh Iyer made his first-class debut for his Madhya Pradesh towards Hyderabad at Indore within the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy. He didn’t get an opportunity to bat, however he picked up one wicket from his two overs in that match.
- Venkatesh Iyer performed in 10 first-class matches and scored 545 runs from his 15 innings at a mean of 36.33 runs per match, and his highest rating on this format is 93 runs. He has additionally picked up 7 wickets from his 10 first-class video games with a strike price of 112.20, and his greatest determine being 3/46.
- Venkatesh Iyer made his List-A debut for Madhya Pradesh towards Saurashtra in Vijay Hazare Trophy at Rajkot on 11 December 2015. He managed to attain solely 16 runs off 15 balls in that match.
- He has performed in 24 List-A matches, scoring 849 runs at a mean of 47.16 and has picked 10 wickets at an financial system of 5.38 runs per over.
- Venkatesh Iyer scored 198 runs towards Punjab within the Elite Group D match of Vijay Hazare Trophy at Holkar Stadium in Indore. Venkatesh opened the batting for his house state slamming 20 boundaries and 7 sixes from 146 balls. He fell brief by two runs for his double-century. His spectacular innings with the bat helped his facet to amass 402 runs on the lack of three wickets from 50 overs. Madhya Pradesh gained that match by 105 runs.
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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) February 28, 2021
- Venkatesh Iyer broke the List-A file for essentially the most runs scored in an innings, which beforehand was held by Australian batsman David Warner towards Victoria, who scored 197 runs off 141 balls within the 2013 Ryobi One-Day Cup.
- Venkatesh Iyer made his T20 debut for Madhya Pradesh towards Railways in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Indore on 25 March 2015. He didn’t get an opportunity to bat, however he did choose up one wicket in that match.
- Venkatesh Iyer has performed 38 T20 video games and picked up 21 wickets at financial system price of 6.98 runs per over in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
- Kolkata Knight Riders purchased Venkatesh Iyer at a base value of 20 Lakhs INR at IPL public sale. Venketesh who’s an all-rounder will likely be fcing a stiff competitors for locations within the KKR squad with likes of Andre Russell and Shivam Mavi. It may also be a fantastic studying expertise for him to share the dressing room with gamers like Dinesh Karthik, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan.
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Aim Big, Score Big 💪A giant Knights welcome to the hard-hitting Venkatesh Iyer 💜#KKR #HaiTaiyaar #IPL2021 #IPLAuction
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) February 18, 2021