In the 22nd match of IPL 2023, left-handed batsman Venkatesh Iyer rained down on the Mumbai Indians’ bowlers at the Wankhede Stadium as the home team’s batsman. Venkatesh played a thunderous innings of 104 runs off 51 balls, hitting one big shot after another.
During the same match, Venkatesh faced Arjun Tendulkar, the son of the legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, and showed him some class as well. Yes, Venkatesh also hit Arjun with his bat. In Sachin Tendulkar’s son’s over, Venkatesh played a classic shot, showing the young bowler his place. This incident took place in the second over of Arjun’s quota.
The left-handed player was bowling well, but Venkatesh decided to show his aggression. On the fifth ball, Venkatesh stepped forward and hit the ball to the mid-wicket boundary for four, and on the very next ball, he smashed a six.
It should be noted that after this incident, Arjun, who was playing his IPL debut match, did not come back to bowl again. Captain Suryakumar Yadav had given him two consecutive overs during the powerplay, but seeing Venkatesh’s aggressive style, he decided not to bring his young player back to bowl but instead to save him. Arjun gave away 17 runs in his two overs.
It is noteworthy that while on one hand, Venkatesh Iyer smashed 104 runs against the Mumbai Indians’ bowlers, hitting 6 fours and 9 sixes in 51 balls, no other player from his team was able to play a big innings.
In the 18th over of Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings, Riley Meredith got Venkatesh Iyer caught out by Duan Jansen, sending him back to the pavilion. However, before this, Venkatesh Iyer had become the second player in IPL history to score two centuries for Kolkata Knight Riders.