‘It would have been nice to have been in the list’, Venkatesh Iyer expressed pain over not being retained in KKR

KKR released some key players, including Venkatesh Iyer, ahead of the 2025 season Venkatesh Iyer. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) Kolkata Knight Riders did not include Venkatesh Iyer in their retention, even though the all-rounder has played an important role for the team in the last three seasons, especially in 2024. He scored 370 runs in 15 matches last season, in which Shreyas Iyer’s team won the title. KKR defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final. At the same time, before the 2025 season, KKR released some key players, because according to the rules only six players can be retained. KKR preferred Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh. Now Venkatesh Iyer has reacted to KKR’s retention. He said that he would have liked to be in the retention list, but he understands KKR’s strategy. He described KKR as his home and favorite IPL team and expressed hope that he would play for them again in the 2025 season if selected in the auction. KKR’s retention has been very good – Venkatesh Iyer Speaking to RevSportz, Venkatesh said, KKR’s retention has been very good. I think he has covered 14-16 overs easily and with the bat he has covered about five positions. So, they had pretty good retention, but I would have loved to be on that list. KKR has given me a big opportunity and I have given everything for KKR and beyond cricket. There is also something called emotion. “This is a family,” he said. There are a lot of emotions. It brings tears to my eyes to see that my name is not in the retention list, but I am a practical person. I understand how it works. I was one of the players retained in 2022 and I know how it feels to be retained and left out. So, I think KKR have done brilliantly, I am really happy about it. I would love to be there and the doors are open. If my auction goes well, I will probably play for the team I like the most.

July-21 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the world of cricket till this evening

This news gives a brief description of the events that made headlines in the cricket world today. (Image Credit- Twitter/X) 1. This person will make Team India practice for IND vs SL series, reached Sri Lanka Gautam Gambhir is going to take over as the new head coach of Team India from India’s tour of Sri Lanka. Along with this, Ryan ten Doeschate was selected to assist Gautam Gambhir. Ryan ten Doeschate joined the team on 25 July. Let us tell you that Ryan ten Doeschate was selected only after Gambhir’s recommendation because Gambhir has worked with him and he wanted to make him his assistant coach. 2. Ben Stokes expressed concern over England’s international cricket schedule, know what he said? Regarding the busy cricket schedule of the England cricket team, Ben Stokes said to ESPNcricinfo – I don’t expect this. This is something that needs to be looked at. Who knows what international cricket will look like, with everyone’s franchises running as well? This needs to be looked at, the landscape of the game is constantly changing. I don’t think anyone can put their hand on their heart and say they know what cricket is going to look like in two years. I think some advice could be quite good, obviously for Jos Buttler and me. 3. Bumrah has now broken his silence on the bad behaviour of fans with Hardik Pandya Jasprit Bumrah told The Indian Express, “Sometimes we understand, we live in a country where emotions are the topic of discussion. We understand that fans get emotional. Players get emotional. You can’t take it seriously. Now when people are singing songs of praise, it’s not all. Things can change again when we lose a match. Because we play a game that is so popular, every player has to go through all this. 4. Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid’s luck shines, he got this much money in yesterday’s auction Samit Dravid, son of former India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid, bagged his maiden Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 contract with last season’s runners-up Mysuru Warriors at the auction in Bengaluru on Thursday. 18-year-old all-rounder Dravid was bought for a price of Rs 50,000. A medium pacer and middle-order batsman, he was part of the Karnataka Under-19 team that won the 2023-24 Cooch Behar Trophy. 5. “I trust you…I am grateful” – Jasprit Bumrah said about Rohit Sharma’s captaincy Jasprit Bumrah is counted among the fastest bowlers not only in India but in the world. He has praised his captain Rohit Sharma a lot. Bumrah told how Rohit helped him become a better bowler under his captaincy in IPL. At the beginning of his career, Bumrah did not know how to field. He told that Rohit Sharma used to help him in setting the field as well. 6. Neither Dhoni, nor Rohit, nor Kohli, who is Bumrah’s favorite captain? Know here Let us tell you that recently while talking to Indian Express, when Jaspreet Bumrah was asked about his favorite captain, he said- My favorite captain has always…

Venkatesh Iyer will be seen playing county cricket, signed a contract with this team

In the year 2022, Venkatesh was last seen playing for Team India. Venkatesh Iyer (Photo source: Twitter) Indian cricket team’s all-rounder player Venkatesh Iyer will soon be seen playing county cricket. Let us tell you that the cricketer has signed a 5-week contract with the county cricket team Lancashire. During this time, he will be seen playing as a foreign player for the team in the Royal ODI Cup and County Championship. It is worth noting that recently when Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the IPL 2024 title, Venkatesh Iyer was also a part of that winning KKR team. However, he has been out of Team India for some time now. In the beginning of the year 2022, he was seen playing for Team India. On the other hand, joining the county team can play an important role in his return to the Indian cricket team, because before Venkatesh many Indian players have joined county teams. Recently, Ajinkya Rahane signed a short-term contract with Leicestershire County Cricket Club. However, Venkatesh will join Lancashire for only five weeks as he will have to return home to participate in the upcoming Duleep Trophy. Venkatesh Iyer’s big statement came out So after joining Lancashire Cricket Club, Venkatesh Iyer said- I am very excited to get the opportunity to go to England and play county cricket for the first time in my career. Lancashire is a very historic county cricket club which has a long history of welcoming Indian players to its club. I am ready to play in the rose color at Emirates Old Trafford like players like Farooq Engineer, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and recently Washington Sundar. Venkatesh Iyer further said- Testing my skills in both ODI and first-class cricket in English conditions will really benefit my game. I hope I can entertain the fans and help my Lancashire teammates achieve their goals in both formats this summer.

Venkatesh Iyer’s bat has spoken loudly in the IPL playoffs, you will also be surprised to see the statistics of the KKR batsman

Venkatesh Iyer made his mark in the IPL 2024 final and played an unbeaten match-winning knock of 52 runs in 26 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes. Venkatesh Iyer (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) In the final of the Indian Premier League 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets and won the trophy of this great tournament. In this match, all the players from Kolkata Knight Riders performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. In the batting department, Venkatesh Iyer left his mark in the final of IPL 2024 and played an unbeaten match-winning innings of 52 runs in 26 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes. Let us tell you, Kolkata had to score only 114 runs in this match but their start was not so good against Hyderabad and Sunil Narayan was out on a personal score of six runs. However, after this Venkatesh Iyer came on the field to bat and he performed brilliantly and led his team to victory. Let us tell you, Venkatesh Iyer’s performance has always been very good in the playoffs of the Indian Premier League. In the Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League 2024, this brilliant player batted very well against Sunrisers Hyderabad and played a match-winning innings of 51* runs in 28 balls. Not only this, in the final of the Indian Premier League 2021, he scored 50 runs in 32 balls against Chennai Super Kings. However, Venkatesh failed to lead his team to victory. In the Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League 2021, Venkatesh Iyer also left his mark against Delhi Capitals and played a valuable innings of 55 runs in 41 balls. Due to his innings, Kolkata Knight Riders won against Delhi Capitals. In the Eliminator of IPL 2021, Venkatesh Iyer could not leave his mark against RCB and he scored 26 runs in 30 balls. Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final of IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders’ performance was very good in the final of IPL 2024. No player from Sunrisers Hyderabad was able to score big, due to which the team was all out for 113 runs while batting first. Kolkata bowlers did their job very well. After this, Venkatesh Iyer did not spare any bowler of Sunrisers Hyderabad in batting and continuously attacked everyone. Kolkata Knight Riders won the Indian Premier League trophy for the third time. Before this season, the team has also won the trophy of 2012 and 2014 seasons. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players…

IPL 2024: Mitchell Starc, worth Rs 24.75 crore, showed his true colors in the knockout match, got KKR the final ticket

Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs in his spell Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) IPL 2024: SRH vs KKR, Qualifier 1: Mitchell Starc Won POTM Award: In the Qualifier-1 match of IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets and confirmed their place in the final. In the match, Hyderabad, batting first, were all out for 159 runs in 19.3 overs. KKR chased the target in just 13.4 overs and won. The hero of this victory of Kolkata Knight Riders was Mitchell Starc, who took 3 important wickets for the team. Starc was named Player of the Match for his brilliant performance. Mitchell Starc took three wickets in the powerplay Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat first, but it proved wrong. Mitchell Starc had dismissed Travis Head for a duck on the second ball of the first over. Then Starc sent Nitish Kumar Reddy (9) and Shahbaz Ahmed to the pavilion for golden ducks in the fifth over. Mitchell Starc broke the back of Hyderabad’s batting lineup by taking three wickets inside the powerplay, from which the opposition team could not recover. He took 3 wickets for 34 runs in his 4 over spell. We needed to take early wickets – Mitchell Starc After winning the title of Player of the Match, Mitchell Starc while talking at the post match presentation said, We know how important the powerplay is. These were the two teams who have dominated with the bat in the powerplay. We needed to take early wickets. The way Head and Abhishek have been playing throughout the tournament, they like to play with open hands. We just tried to swing the ball and not give them width. Kept the ball stump to stump and attempted a tough length. The spinners were effective and the entire bowling department was excellent. I think I was lucky (to take Head’s wicket), it was good to see him go to the pavilion early, it doesn’t always happen. We have been playing against each other. They (Arora and Harshit) are talented, they train hard. Harshit’s performance this year has been excellent. There is no doubt that he will take many wickets in the IPL and for India too.

Venkatesh Iyer feels great playing against Mumbai Indians: Mike Hesson

For Kolkata Knight Riders, the best batsman Venkatesh Iyer played an important inning of 42 runs in 21 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Venkatesh Iyer (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in a spectacular match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 11 May. Due to rain, this match was played for 16-16 overs in which Kolkata batted first and scored 157 runs losing 7 wickets. For Kolkata Knight Riders, the best batsman Venkatesh Iyer played an important inning of 42 runs in 21 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. He did not spare any Mumbai Indians bowler and hit hard against all of them. In reply, Mumbai Indians could score only 139 runs. GeoCinema IPL experts Brett Lee, Mike Hesson and RP Singh present their views on the performances of Varun Chakravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer. Varun Chakraborty took two wickets after scoring 17 runs against Mumbai. Regarding Varun Chakraborty, Brett Lee said, ‘He bowled very well. He understood the pitch very well and played an important role in his team’s victory by bowling brilliantly. Regarding the spinners of Kolkata Knight Riders, RP Singh said, ‘They bowled like a partnership. He understood the situation and then bowled a good length. Sunil Narayan kept the Mumbai batsman silent while bowling lethally against Rohit Sharma and Varun also bowled with variations. Even though Kolkata was not getting wickets at one time, these two also stopped the flow of runs. Mike Hesson praised Venkatesh Iyer a lot Mike Hesson said about Venkatesh Iyer, ‘It seems that he likes playing against Mumbai Indians. He had suffered a knee injury earlier but it did not seem at all that he would stop. He batted at a strike rate of 200. Where other batsmen were facing a lot of trouble, he played a match-winning inning for his team. Let us tell you, with this victory, Kolkata Knight Riders has become the first team to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2024. They have performed very well this season and the team is at the first position in the points table of IPL 2024. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all the 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy? IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are creating havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024

“Where did you hide it…” Venkatesh Iyer made a joke about Mitchell Starc’s wife Alyssa Healy – got a strong reply

Starc’s wife and Australian female cricketer Alyssa Healy was present to watch this match between Mumbai and Kolkata. Mitchell Starc (Pic Source-X) The 51st match of IPL 2024 was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on 3 May. In this match, Kolkata won by 24 runs and gained 2 more important points in the points table. The star of this match was IPL’s most expensive player Mitchell Starc. He bowled 3.5 overs and took 4 wickets for 33 runs. The most important thing was that Starc took 3 wickets in his last over. The thing is that Mitchell Starc’s half IPL season was very bad. He did not take many wickets and gave away a lot of runs to the batsmen. Then what happened that in the last over he took 3 wickets in just 5 balls and because of him Mumbai Indians got all out. The credit behind this brilliant performance is being given to his wife Alyssa Healy. Actually, Starc’s wife and Australian female cricketer Alyssa Healy was present to watch this match between Mumbai and Kolkata. Starc’s wife Alyssa Healy was sitting in the stadium wearing KKR jersey. Alyssa Healy kept cheering for Starc the whole time and the most important thing was that as soon as she arrived, Starc performed very well in the match. The news is spreading all over the social media that Starc was in form after seeing his wife. Venkatesh Iyer made fun of Starc Meanwhile, after the match, when Player of the Match Venkatesh Iyer was asked about Starc’s performance, he jokingly said – Mitchell has bowled very brilliantly and commendably. I would like to ask him where he had kept Alyssa Haley hidden till now. Starc replied, “She was at home because she was busy with international events for some time, however now that she is here, hopefully it is a good sign for us.”

MI vs KKR, Mid Innings Video Highlights: Bumrah-Tushara’s bowling created havoc, Mumbai achieved the target of 170 runs.

Venkatesh Iyer played the highest innings of 70 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders. Venkatesh Iyer & Manish Pandey (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) IPL 2024: MI vs KKR, Mid Innings Video Highlights: In IPL 2024, the great match of May 3 is being played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium. In the points table, KKR is at 2nd position with 12 points and MI is at 9th position with 6 points. In the match, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Kolkata was all out for 169 runs in 19.5 overs. MI vs KKR: Kolkata lost four big wickets in powerplay Batting first against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders got a very poor start. The team had lost four big wickets inside the powerplay itself. In the very first over, Phil Salt (5) was out after playing a wrong shot against Nuwan Thushara. There was a clash between Tilak Verma and Naman Dheer at cover point, but Tilak took a good catch with his eyes on the ball. Nuwan Thushara then showed the way to the pavilion to Angkrish Raghuvanshi (13) and Shreyas Iyer (6) in the third over. After three big setbacks, Sunil Narayan’s responsibility had increased further, but he became the victim of MI captain Hardik Pandya and lost his wicket. Sunil Narayan could score only 8 runs in 8 balls against Mumbai Indians. KKR had scored 57 runs losing 4 wickets in the powerplay. 𝐔𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐃 🎯 Captain Hardik Pandya strengthens @mipaltan‘s hold with that wicket ☝️#KKR are 4 down now! Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia #TATAIPL , #MIvKKR pic.twitter.com/zi75MZHZbl — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 3, 2024 83-run partnership between Manish Pandey and Venkatesh Iyer for the sixth wicket After the end of the powerplay, Rinku Singh (9) lost his wicket against Piyush Chawla in the seventh over, and Kolkata suffered the fifth blow. At the score of 57, half of the Kolkata Knight Riders team had returned to the pavilion. After which there was a partnership of 83 runs for the sixth wicket between Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey. Venkatesh Iyer played a composed innings and completed his half-century in 36 balls. – Our 𝐌𝐕𝐏 for tonight! pic.twitter.com/tAtVO7KbpQ — KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 3, 2024 An upper cut to up the ante Manish Pandey with an impact in his first game for #KKR this season👊 Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia #TATAIPL , #MIvKKR , @KKRiders pic.twitter.com/rW27LwhYd9 — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 3, 2024 MI vs KKR: Manish Pandey and Russell returned to the pavilion in the 17th over. Hardik Pandya bowled the 17th over of Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings. Manish Pandey tried to hit a big shot on the second ball of the over, but Dewald Brevis, posted at covers, took an easy catch. Manish Pandey played an inning of 42 runs in 31 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Venkatesh Iyer tried to play a reverse sweep shot on the last ball of the over, but the ball…

Ranji Trophy 2024: Except Karun Nair, all Vidarbha batsmen kneeled before Avesh-Venkatesh; Know the condition of the first day of the first semi-final

By the end of the first day’s play, Madhya Pradesh had scored 47 runs at the loss of one wicket in 20 overs. Karun Nair. (Image Source: X) Ranji Trophy 2024, 1st Semi-Final, Vidarbha vs Madhya Pradesh: The first semi-final of Ranji Trophy 2024 is being played between Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur. In this match, Vidarbha captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Akshay Wadkar won the toss and decided to bat first and it cost him dearly. In fact, apart from Karun Nair and Atharva Tayde, none of the Vidarbha batsmen could stand up to the Madhya Pradesh bowlers, and they were able to post only 170 runs on the scoreboard in the first innings. For Vidarbha, Atharva Tayde played an inning of 39 runs in 63 balls, while Dhruv Shori and Aman Mokhade were out after scoring 13-13 runs, while Karun Nair played a brilliant inning of 63 runs in 105 balls with the help of 9 fours. Vidarbha batsmen flopped badly against Madhya Pradesh On the other hand, Yash Rathore was out after scoring 17 runs, while captain Akshay Wadkar could score just one run while Aditya Sarwate scored 12 runs in 22 balls and helped the Vidarbha team post 170 runs on the board as the lower-order batsmen failed to score. Couldn’t even open it. At the same time, for Madhya Pradesh, Avesh Khan took maximum four wickets, while Kulwant Khejroliya and Venkatesh Iyer took two wickets each. Anubhav Agarwal and Kumar Karthikeya also got one success each. Well, Madhya Pradesh’s start with the bat was also not very special, as Vidarbha’s senior fast bowler Umesh Yadav dismissed opener Yash Dubey for 11 runs. However, Madhya Pradesh has scored 47 runs for the loss of one wicket in 20 overs by the end of the first day’s play. Tamil Nadu is also in bad condition Let us tell you, in the second semi-final match of Ranji Trophy 2024 being played between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu TIA had to face a tough challenge, as they could score only 146 runs in their first innings.