IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders released Venkatesh Iyer before IPL 2025, but spent Rs 23.75 crore to bring him back to the mega auction, the third largest amount in IPL history. Rishabh Pant was purchased for Rs 27 crore, Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore and Venkatesh for Rs 23.75 crore.
In IPL 2025, Venkatesh Iyer scored 60 runs off 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Playing this innings, he shut down the critics. Venkatesh Iyer, vice -captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, performed brilliantly with a bat in the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He returned to his form by performing brilliantly in the match and also made it clear that his price of Rs 23.75 crore does not mean that he will have to score big in every match. He said that his focus is on making effective contribution to the team.
Venkatesh Iyer was retained by KKR using the Right-to-Match card in the IPL 2025 auction, after which he became the most expensive player of the team and the third most expensive player in the IPL. His performance in the first two matches of this season was not much, he could only score 9 runs, after which his flop performance was being questioned according to his price tag.
Now after playing an innings of 60 runs off 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Venkatesh said that there is a little pressure, you guys talk a lot, but being the most expensive player does not mean that I have to score runs in every match. This is about how I am winning the match for the team and what impact I am. The pressure is not of money or run but the team’s victory.
In the final over of the match against Hyderabad, Iyer continued his banging batting style and hit two sixes and 6 fours off 12 balls. He scored 20 runs off the ball of Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins in the 19th over. To this, Iyer said, “I don’t see who is bowling.” My attention is always on whether bowling is being done, and there is also attention on the situation of fielding.
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