New Delhi. The third match of IPL 2024 will be played today (23 March) between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both the teams are ready for this match. KKR opener Venkatesh Iyer has realized his mistake. He has said that the mistake I made in 2022. I wouldn’t want to do that again.
Venkatesh Iyer said during an interview on Sports Now, “My focus is not towards the World Cup. My task is to play well for KKR and do good for the team. After this I will see what happens next. I made this mistake in the year 2022. When I was thinking too much about the future. At that time I was thinking a lot about the future. But now I am thinking of scoring runs here and then see what happens next.”
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Iyer further said, “I have always focused on my bowling and I will always be available if my captain wants me to bowl for the team. No matter what the situation may be. I bowled a lot in domestic cricket this year. I also bowled in Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Ali Mushtaq Ali Trophy. I bowled more than 150 overs. It instilled a lot of confidence in me.”
Venkatesh Iyer’s career
So far, in 36 matches of the Indian Premier League, Iyer has scored 956 runs at an average of 28.12 and strike rate of 130.25, which includes one century and seven half-centuries, he has also taken three wickets. Till date he has played 2 ODI and 9 T20 International matches for India. It is a bit difficult to get selected in the T20 World Cup squad.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 23, 2024, 14:17 IST