Kolkata Knight Riders batter Venkatesh Iyer has develop into solely the second cricketer to attain a century for the franchise within the historical past of the Indian Premier League. Been in some kind this yr after a lacklustre IPL 2022, Iyer made essentially the most of his stable contact by registering a maiden T20 hundred on the Wankhede Stadium right this moment.
Coming in to bat at No. 3 within the second over, Iyer first attacked debutant Arjun Tendulkar (0/17) within the subsequent over. A 4 and a six towards the left-arm pacer have been adopted by a six and a 4 off all-rounder Cameron Inexperienced (1/20) within the following over. Iyer, who confronted a nasty blow close to his knee in the identical over, struggled with ache for a short time earlier than resuming regular providers.
The left-handed batter then took on one other debutant in Duan Jansen (1/53) by hitting him for a few sixes within the fifth over. Mumbai Indians spinner Hrithik Shokeen, too, was welcomed with a few fours by a batter who was exhibiting no indicators of stopping even after the completion of the powerplay.
Taking revenge for captain Nitish Rana‘s (5) dismissal and subsequent aggressive send-off by Shokeen, Iyer smashed a 4 and a six in the identical over to not let the guests face ramification of lack of wickets from the opposite finish.
Even quick bowler Riley Meredith‘s (1/40) introduction into the assault couldn’t limit Iyer as he hit two sixes off the Australian speedster. The truth that no different batter from the visiting staff had scored a boundary up till this time limit speaks extremely of Iyer placing on show an archetype one-man present on a Sunday afternoon. It was on the fourth supply of the seventeenth over when Iyer ran a single off Jansen to achieve the three-figure mark.
KKR Century in IPL Record
S. No.BatterRunsBalls4s6sSROppositionVenueYear1Brendon McCullum158*731013216.43Royal Challengers BangaloreM Chinnaswamy Stadium20082Venkatesh Iyer1045169203.92Mumbai IndiansWankhede Stadium2023Highest Particular person Rating for KKR
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