Sunday saw Venakatesh Iyer speak highly of captain Rajat Patidar once RCB lifted the IPL trophy again in Ahmedabad. Not long ago, this franchise broke an 18-year wait with their first win; now they’ve doubled down. Their path led through Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans in the final showdown of 2026. Gujarat managed just 155 runs … Read more
The IPL 2026 team-building process has not turned out to be very smooth for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, as they have received critical comments from an Indian cricket legend, Anil Kumble. The former leg-spin bowler does not consider Venkatesh Iyer to be a very suitable player for the champions’ powerful line-up for the coming season. … Read more
After a long time of 18 years of trying, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) came up with their perfect team and thus won their first IPL title in 2025. Undoubtedly, RCB had already determined to retain their main players for the IPL 2026 season. However, at the IPL 2026 auction, RCB managed to accomplish their … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru approached IPL 2026 auction with a total of sixteen point four crores rupees. The champions’ troupe, however, consumed the lion’s share, the amount of seven million, which is forty-three percent of the total, getting good Venkatesh Iyer. A move, which would nearly double their budget, RCB’s plan for having Venky Iyer in … Read more
The Indian Premier League (IPL) mini auction for 2026 is scheduled for December 16, and all ten franchises have the same target: to make their squads stronger for the upcoming season. KKR enters the auction with the biggest purse while MI has the smallest one, and teams have to manipulate different ways to come up … Read more
The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) player Venkatesh Iyer was among the top names to be let go on the day of the retention deadline (November 15) just before the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) auction on December 16. The first Indian player, 23.75 crores, was thus the prize of mega-auction last season, and Musthafa did … Read more
Indore Pink Panthers captain Venkatesh Iyer praised young player Akshat Raghuwanshi after his impressive performance helped secure a six-run victory over Jabalpur Royal Lions in the Madhya Pradesh League T20 2025 on Saturday. The real highlight today was Akshat’s batting. He played amazing shots all over the field, and at just 21, I haven’t seen … Read more
Venkatesh Iyer led the Kolkata Knight Riders to a solid 80-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL 2025 match at Eden Gardens on Thursday. The player, who was bought for INR 23.75 crore, showed he’s worth his spot on the team by hitting a quick 60 off 29 balls. After the game, he said, … Read more
Venkatesh Iyer’s life totally changed when he started opening in IPL 2021. The guy smashed 370 runs in just 10 matches that season, almost carrying Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to the championship, but they lost to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 27 runs in the final. Still, KKR’s bosses were super impressed with his aggressive … Read more
The Kolkata Knight Riders announced Ajinkya Rahane as the new skipper for IPL 2025. Rahane takes over as the KKR captain from the once title-winning Shreyas Iyer as the 2025 tournament approaches, while Venkatesh Iyer will be his deputy. Listless within the camp, KKR had parts with skipper Shreyas Iyer ahead of the 2025 auction … Read more