Venkatesh Iyer has become the second batsman to score a century in the IPL 2023 season.
Venkatesh Iyer has become the second batsman to score a century in the IPL 2023 season.
Venkatesh Iyer Century: Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Venkatesh Iyer has crossed the century mark. He completed his century in 49 balls. In this way Venkatesh Iyer has become the second batsman to score a century in the IPL 2023 season. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad player Harry Brook had scored the first century of the season. At the same time, Venkatesh Iyer has become the second player to score a century for Kolkata Knight Riders. Brendon McCullum scored the first century for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2008, but now Venkatesh Iyer has joined the list of players who have scored a century for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Venkatesh Iyer became the victim of Meredith by scoring a century
Venkatesh Iyer returned to the pavilion after scoring 104 off 51 balls. He hit 6 fours and 9 sixes in his innings. Meredith makes Venkatesh Iyer her victim. However, Venkatesh Iyer scored his second century of the first season after being dismissed. Before this innings, Iyer was not even in the top 15 in this list of Orange Cap, but the first century of his T20 career took him to number 1 here. Except Iyer, no batsman played in the KKR team today, but Iyer handled the team’s innings on his own.
Target of 186 runs for victory in front of Mumbai Indians
On the other hand, talking about this match, Mumbai Indians captain Suryakumar Yadav has decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Actually, Rohit Sharma, the regular captain of Mumbai Indians, is not playing in this match. Due to this, the captain of Mumbai Indians is Suryakumar Yadav. Batting first after losing the toss, the team of Kolkata Knight Riders has scored 185 runs for 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In such a situation, Mumbai Indians need 186 runs to win the match.
