Venkatesh Iyer played a knock to remember to help KKR win their second game at the Wankhede Stadium in their IPL history
Iyer scored 70 off 52 balls to help KKR post 169 runs on the board against Mumbai in match No. 51 of IPL 2024
Iyer's knock was studded with six fours and three sixes
Iyer's innings helped KKR win the game by 24 runs and he was awarded the Player of the Match
Venkatesh Iyer is getting paid INR 8 crore for playing in the IPL 2024 season
KKR bought Iyer for the first time at the IPL 2021 auction for just Rs 20 lakhs
He scored 370 runs in his maiden IPL season (2021) for KKR and hence the franchise decided to retain him ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction
KKR paid INR 8 crore to retain him ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction
Iyer has scored 1180 runs in his IPL career so far at a strike rate of 132.44, including nine fifties and a century
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