Venkatesh Iyer

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Venkatesh Iyer is an Indian cricketer. Being Left Handed Batsman & Right arm medium bowler, in the Indian National cricket team & play Indian Premier League for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Born	25 December 1994, Indore
Profession	Cricketer
Height	6 ft 0 inch (183 cm)
Father	Rajasekaran Iyer
Mother	Usha Iyer
Wife	Unmarried

Bio

Venkatesh Iyer was born on 25 December 1994, Indore, India. His age is around 29 years (2023).

Career

He was asked to stay back in UAE to be a net bowler in India 2021 ICC T20 World Cup squad. In November 2021, he was named in India’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand.

He made his T20I debut on 17 November 2021, for India against New Zealand. He made his international bowling debut in the final match of this series, returning figures of 3-0-12-1.

In January 2022, he was named in India’s T20I squad for their series against the West Indies, where he played all three matches, playing a finishing role in the lower middle order scoring his runs at a strike rate of 179.24. He also picked up two wickets in the series.

In June 2022, Iyer was named in India’s squad for their T20I series against Ireland.

Country	India
Test Debut	–
ODI Debut	19 January 2022 v South Africa (Cap 242)
T20I Debut	17 November 2021 v New Zealand (Cap 93)
Jersey No.	25
IPL	2021-Till Now: Kolkata Knight Riders

IPL

In February 2021, Iyer was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League. On 20 September 2021, upon resumption of the IPL in the United Arab Emirates, he made his IPL debut against Royal Challengers Bangalore. On 23 September 2021, he scored his maiden IPL fifty against Mumbai Indians.

Iyer emerged as a key player for KKR for the rest of the tournament, aiding in their run to the final, by scoring 370 runs at an average of 41 and a strike rate of 129.

He was named as player of the match in the second qualifier, after scoring 55 runs and he followed this up with another half century in the final. Alongside his opening partner Shubman Gill, he put on an opening stand of 91, which proved to be in vain as KKR lost the match.

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Venkatesh Iyer Stats

Format	Test	ODI	T20I	IPL
Matches	–	2	9	22
Runs Scored	–	24	133	552
Batting Average	–	12.0	33.2	27.6
100s	–	0	0	0
50s	–	0	0	5
Highest Score	–	22	35*	67
Wickets	–	0	5	3
Balls bowled	–	30	55	75
Bowling Average	–	–	15.0	38.3
4-Wicket haul	–	0	0	0
5-Wicket haul	–	0	0	0
10-Wicket haul	–	0	0	0
Best Bowling	–	0/28	2/23	2/29
Run Outs	–	1	0	1
Catch/Stumpings	–	0/0	4/0	11/0

Venkatesh Iyer Net Worth

According to various online resources the net worth of Venkatesh Iyer is estimated around which is 20 crore in Indian Currency.

Social Media and Advertisements

Venkatesh Iyer has also a best amount of social media following by which he makes decent amount of money. He had also done many TV commercials for Brands till now.

Net Worth	$2.5 million
Net Worth In Indian Rupees	20 crore INR
Monthly Income And Salary	60Lakh – 1.2 crore
Yearly Income	10 crore+
Income Source	Cricket, Advertisement

Social Media of Venkatesh Iyer

Venkatesh Iyer has also a huge amount of Fan following over his social media platforms. He has total 489K followers combining his Instagram and Twitter.

Venkatesh Iyer posts entertaining content on his Instagram with members of Team India at a period of time. His reels also got viral many times till now.