Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were asked to bat first by Mumbai Indians’ (MI) interim skipper Suryakumar Yadav. N Jagadeesan was once again dismissed cheaply in the power-play overs. Venkatesh Iyer unleashed an attack immediately and while playing a scoop shot, he injured himself but that didn’t stop him. Venkatesh Iyer smashed 2 huge sixes in the 5th over against Duan Jansen and was in a beast mode.
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KKR scored 57 runs in the power-play overs for the loss of 2 wickets. Venkatesh Iyer was seen taking calculative risks against spinners. At the end of 10 overs, KKR’s score was 90-3, and was in a spot of bother as skipper Nitish Rana was dismissed cheaply.
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Venkatesh Iyer went berserk against Riley Meredith & Duan Jansen in the 11th & 12th over. It looked as if Venkatesh Iyer was toying with the bowlers as all the variations were proving to be ineffective. In the 13th over, the spinner Hritik Shokeen got the wicket of Shardul Thakur who surprisingly got a promotion. At that time, Venkatesh Iyer’s score was 86 runs in 39 balls and KKR’s score was 123-4.
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Venkatesh Iyer struck his maiden IPL ton in 49 balls and dominated the terms from the word go. Venkatesh Iyer smashed 104 runs in 51 balls as he struck 6 fours & 9 massive sixes. At that time KKR’s score was 159-5 in 17.2 overs. Venkatesh Iyer became the second batter to score a century in IPL 2023 after Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) Harry Brook.
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Perhaps, skipper Suryakumar Yadav made a mistake by not introducing Riley Meredith early in the innings when Venkatesh Iyer was whacking the bowlers all-round the park. MI would be aiming to restrict KKR below 200 runs as MI’s middle order is quite inexperienced.
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Twitter Reacts as Venkatesh Iyer Smashes a Turbulent Century
Very aggressive, very impressive, very Venkatesh #MIvsKKR
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 16, 2023
Venkatesh Iyer only 2nd batter to score hundred for @KKRiders there was a proper method to this inning
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 16, 2023
Venkatesh Iyer
— Dodda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ (@doddaganesha) April 16, 2023
Fifteen years later, Baz McCullum has company at KKR.
Well played @venkateshiyer
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) April 16, 2023
Super innings from @venkateshiyer answered the much needed question for @KKRiders to who will step up in their top order. #MIvKKR
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) April 16, 2023
Venky you beauty my boy . Well played @venkateshiyer @KKRiders @IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 16, 2023
Venkatesh Iyer vs mi
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104(51) pic.twitter.com/6wQ6i9jV3R— Ashish Shrivastava (@ashishayush1177) April 16, 2023
100 for Venkatesh Iyer pic.twitter.com/n7nWieGCui
— Bawal (@bawaal136) April 16, 2023
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— Pulkit (@pulkit5Dx) April 16, 2023
For Venkatesh Iyer Is Brilliant batting For Venkatesh Iyer #MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/o4JQEyu7h2
— Hutaib Pathan (@pathan_hattu) April 16, 2023
Venkatesh Iyer pic.twitter.com/zGzWjfu42V
— Monalisa (@cricketgirllisa) April 16, 2023
Venkatesh Iyer (100*) one man SHOW #KKRvMI #venkateshiyer pic.twitter.com/O75OtftVkH
— Akshay (@Akshay_0005) April 16, 2023
One man army venkatesh Iyer @ACKOIndia #ackobolibacchan#amikkr #onefamily#welcomechange pic.twitter.com/WZNx0hAimw
— neeraj verma (@neerajv85492498) April 16, 2023
What a Player Venkatesh Iyer #MIvsKKR
— 18 Forever (@javidmd28) April 16, 2023
TOP KNOCK VENKATESH IYER #KKRvMI #venkateshiyer pic.twitter.com/2BOZMHbDdW
— Pawan kumar (@Pawanar02106943) April 16, 2023
Man behind Venkatesh Iyer ton#MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/ErbKdG1tMV
— Boss (@Boss09876543123) April 16, 2023
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