IPL 2021: Venkatesh Iyer slams maiden IPL fifty in second game, KKR captain Eoin Morgan lauds him : Rashtra News
Opening
the
innings
against
Mumbai
Indians
in
match
number
34
of
the
IPL
2021,
Iyer
notched
up
his
maiden
IPL
fifty
on
Thursday
(September
23)
at
Sheikh
Zayed
Stadium
in
Abu
Dhabi.
The
left-handed
batsman
from
Madhya
Pradesh
scored
24-ball
41
on
his
IPL
debut
and
notched
up
his
maiden
half-century
off
just
25
deliveries
in
his
second
match
of
the
cash-rich
league.
The
talented
batsman
seemed
to
have
started
from
where
he
left
off
in
the
last
game
as
he
went
off
the
mark
in
the
game
by
hitting
New
Zealand
pacer
Trent
Boult
on
the
very
first
ball
he
faced.
The
26-year-old
from
Madhya
Pradesh,
who
played
a
fearless
knock
with
KKR’s
victory
over
Mumbai
Indians
as
he
attacked
the
likes
of
Boult,
Adam
Milne
and
Jasprit
Bumrah
at
will.
Iyer
hit
53
off
30
deliveries
and
made
the
outing
a
memorable
one
before
getting
clean
bowled
by
Bumrah.
The
left-handed
batsman
smashed
four
boundaries
and
three
sixes
in
his
knock
and
scored
at
a
strike
rate
of
176.67.
Iyer
–
who
was
bought
by
the
franchise
at
the
IPL
2021
auction
at
the
base
price
of
Rs
20
lakh
–
grabbed
a
lot
of
attention
with
his
exploits
in
the
previous
KKR
encounter
and
impressed
all
with
his
aggressive
brand
of
cricket.
The
tall
batsman
after
his
explosive
effort
against
RCB
credited
KKR
coach
Brendon
McCullum
for
allowing
him
to
play
fearlessly.
“It
is
always
good
to
see
McCullum,
and
I
am
really
excited
to
bat
as
he’s
gonna
watch.
There
is
no
such
pressure
when
he
is
right
behind
the
nets,”
Iyer
was
quoted
as
saying
in
a
video
posted
by
KKR
after
the
team’s
win
over
RCB.
KKR
captain
Morgan
while
reacting
over
Iyer’s
performance
in
back-to-back
games
said,
“Fitting
Venkatesh
Iyer
into
our
XI
has
been
difficult
with
a
lot
of
talented
guys,
and
it’s
fantastic
the
way
he’s
scored
his
runs.
In
the
practice
games
too
he
has
gone
on
to
play
this
way.”
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