Gautam Gambhir: The favourite player of Gautam Gambhir, who is leading the race for the head coach of the Indian cricket team, has once again been ignored by Team India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar. Gautam Gambhir's favourite player has not been given a place in the Indian team selected for the five T20 International matches for the Zimbabwe tour.

Gautam Gambhir, who plays the role of mentor for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), led KKR to its third title this season. During this, his favorite player performed brilliantly.

Despite this, Agarkar did not give the player a place in the team.

Gautam Gambhir's favorite player Venkatesh Iyer did not get a place

Venkatesh Iyer, who plays as an all-rounder for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, has not been included in the Indian team selected for the T20 series against Zimbabwe.

Let us tell you that Gautam Gambhir is in the role of mentor for the Kolkata Knight Riders team and this year Kolkata has won its third title under his mentorship. During this time, Venkatesh Iyer performed brilliantly and became one of the favorite players of Gautam Gambhir's KKR. However, despite the brilliant performance, he has not got a place in the team. While three all-rounders in the form of Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy and Washington Sundar have been given a place in the team.

Venkatesh Iyer's brilliant performance for KKR in IPL

Team India will play five T20I matches on the Zimbabwe tour. There are many players included in Team India for this tour, who performed brilliantly in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League. However, Venkatesh Iyer also performed brilliantly for KKR in the IPL.

In IPL 2024, Venkatesh Iyer scored 370 runs with the help of four fifties at an average of over 46 and a strike rate of over 158. Along with this, in the final match also, playing a brilliant innings of 52 runs with the help of four fours and three sixes in 26 balls, he led his team to victory by eight wickets and helped KKR win the third IPL title.