The anger of not being retained came out on the field, played an inning of 174 runs, the expelled players were putting pressure on KKR.


New DelhiIt is said that your eyes do not open until you get injured. Venkatesh Iyer did something similar in the fourth round match of Ranji Trophy. He has scored a strong century while playing for Madhya Pradesh. In the Madhya Pradesh vs Bihar match which started from November 6, Venkatesh Iyer vented out his anger on the field about being retained in the IPL by playing a strong inning of 174 runs. Venkatesh Iyer also made a partnership of 366 runs with Shubham Sharma during his innings. Venkatesh Iyer hit 17 fours and 4 sixes during this partnership.

This is the second century of Venkatesh Iyer’s first-class career. His first century came against Pondicherry in the last season of Ranji Trophy. In that encounter, Iyer played an important role in giving MP a huge victory of 319 runs by playing an inning of 135 runs. Venkatesh Iyer came to bat when Madhya Pradesh had lost the fourth wicket at the score of 147. From here Iyer and Shubham thrashed the bowlers of Bihar. On one hand, captain Shubham Sharma scored 240 runs while Venkatesh Iyer scored 174 runs.

Venkatesh Iyer’s century might have forced the Kolkata franchise to think. KKR had retained 6 players, whose names are Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh. Venkatesh Iyer scored 370 runs including four half-centuries in 14 matches for KKR in IPL 2024. Despite this good performance, Iyer also expressed disappointment when Kolkata did not retain him. Well, now he has responded to his release with his bat. Venkatesh Iyer has also played 9 T20 and 2 ODI matches for India.

FIRST PUBLISHED : November 7, 2024, 1:36 PM IST