‘Merko sab aata hai, mai expert hu’: Twitterati laud all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer for a superb spell against DC

By Charlie On Sep 28, 2021

He did CA, he did MBA, now he is scoring runs, getting his team off to explosive starts and he is now taking wickets with the ball as well. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have found their crisis man in Venkatesh Iyer in the second half of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.

Iyer, who impressed one and all with the bat opening the innings with knocks of 41* (27) against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and 53 (30) against Mumbai Indians now did the job with the ball for the men in purple against the Delhi Capitals getting two crucial wickets in form of Shimron Hetmyer and Axar Patel, which went a long way in his side restricting them to a low score of 127/9 on a sluggish surface.

#DelhiCapitals 6 down! @KKRiders are on a roll with the ball as Venkatesh Iyer scalps his second wicket.

Axar Patel departs. #VIVOIPL #KKRvDC

Follow the match https://t.co/TVHaNszqnd pic.twitter.com/Cf5V2ZLOho

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 28, 2021

Delhi Capitals made one change to their line-up with Steve Smith opening the batting in place of Prithvi Shaw, alongside Shikhar Dhawan. Both batters got their team to a steady start hitting a couple of boundaries but once Lockie Ferguson dismissed Dhawan, the scoring rate went down.

KKR introduced spinners from the sixth over and both Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine spun a web around DC batters, which they found very difficult to get out from. Narine dismissed Shreyas Iyer cheaply. SMith and Pant stitched a partnership but they couldn’t get going.

Smith after a few boundaries perished attempting a hoick against Ferguson and then Iyer worked his magic removing hard-hitter Hetmyer playing a big role in putting breaks on their scoring rate. DC kept losing wickets regularly and despite skipper Rishabh Pant staying till the final over, scoring 39 runs off 36 balls, they could only score 127 runs in their 20 overs.

Iyer, Ferguson and Narine picked two wickets each.

Fans heaped praise on Iyer saying, he can bat, bowl and even tally your balance sheets, saying he is the real all-rounder.

Here are some of the reactions:

#KKRvDC #DCvKKR #KKRvsDC

A left hander opening batsmen A right hand bowler A good fielder

Le Venkatesh Iyer: pic.twitter.com/5sRfhLCCok

— Hemant Kumar (@SportsCuppa) September 28, 2021

He can bat He can bowl He can tally your Balance Sheets

Venkatesh Rajasekaran Iyer, Remember the name pic.twitter.com/UXJPPgm1I8

— (@Joker122018) September 28, 2021

Venkatesh Iyer is the golden boy of #KKR in #IPL2021.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 28, 2021

Venkatesh Iyer in place of Ishan Kishan in India WC squad. Left Handed, all rounder option, and good form. It’s a no brainer.

— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) September 28, 2021

Venkatesh Iyer doing a Jacques Kallis here for #KKR #IPL2021 #CricketTwitter

— Amey Pethkar (@ameypethkar9) September 28, 2021

Delhi Capitals’ lack of batting depth getting exposed. Ashwin/Rabada at #8 is no good.#KKRvDC

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) September 28, 2021

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