Venkatesh Iyer: Star all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, who showed excellent performance in the IPL 2024 season for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), recently decided to go to England and play county cricket.

Venkatesh Iyer signed his county cricket deal for Lancashire. Making his county cricket debut for Lancashire, Venkatesh Iyer created havoc on the field for some time in his very first match by intimidating the English bowlers and batting at a strike rate of 150.

Venkatesh Iyer batted at a strike rate of 150 in his first match

Venkatesh Iyer played his debut match today (31 July) in the ongoing Domestic One Day Cup between Lancashire and Derbyshire. Batting at number 5 for Lancashire in his debut match, Venkatesh Iyer batted at a strike rate of 150 and hit 3 fours to the bowlers of the opposing team.

Venkatesh Iyer played a stormy innings of 15 runs in 10 balls for Lancashire in his debut innings and then became the victim of Derbyshire bowler Patrick Brown.

Venkatesh Iyer has to make a comeback in Team India

29-year-old star all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer played his last match for Team India in the year 2022. Since playing his last international match in the year 2022, Venkatesh Iyer has not got a chance to play for Team India till now. Because of which it is believed that Venkatesh Iyer wants to make a comeback in Team India by impressing the selectors with his performance in county cricket.

Venkatesh Iyer's statistics in domestic cricket are as follows

Venkatesh Iyer started his domestic career in the T20 format in the year 2015. After making his debut in the white ball format in 2015, Venkatesh Iyer played his first first-class match for Madhya Pradesh in 2018.

Talking about Venkatesh Iyer's domestic cricket statistics, he has played 114 T20, 43 ODI and 20 first class matches so far. Venkatesh Iyer played his debut match at the international level for Team India in the year 2021. Talking about Venkatesh Iyer's international cricket career, he has played 2 ODIs and 9 T20 matches so far.