Venkatesh Iyer

India·Allrounder·Age 31

Left-hand bat · Right-arm fast medium

IPL runs: 1,677
Average: 31.64
Strike rate: 142.0
Highest: 104

Overview

What the figures show

Venkatesh Iyer has six IPL seasons behind him, 2021 through 2026, worth 1,677 runs at 142.0 per hundred balls. The best of the seasons was 2023 — 404 runs. No IPL innings has beaten the 104 scored in 2023. Fifty has been passed fourteen times, one of those going on to hundreds. Measured against the 182 batters here who have faced 300 IPL balls or more, 142.0 is quicker than the 135.37 median by 6.6. Fours and sixes account for roughly 65% of the total — 157 and 78 of them.

The clubs, in order: Kolkata Knight Riders (2021–2025) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (2026). Most of the runs, 1,468 of them, came in the Kolkata Knight Riders years.

Indian Premier League

Season by season

Season	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s
2021	KKR	10	1	370	67	41.10	128.5	37	14
2022	KKR	12	1	182	50	16.50	107.7	17	7
2023	KKR	14	0	404	104	28.90	145.8	32	21
2024	KKR	13	5	370	70	46.30	158.8	35	19
2025	KKR	7	0	142	60	20.30	139.2	15	4
2026	RCB	6	2	209	73	52.30	186.6	21	13
Total	6 seasons	62	9	1,677	104	31.64	142.0	157	78

Articles

Articles about Venkatesh Iyer

Venkatesh Iyer and the Most Expensive Mistake in the IPL

A career of good seasons and bad ones, and the auction that valued the good ones as if they were the whole record.

7 min read

Questions

About Venkatesh Iyer

How many IPL runs has Venkatesh Iyer scored?

Venkatesh Iyer has scored 1,677 runs in the IPL across 6 seasons, averaging 31.64 at a strike rate of 142. The highest score is 104.

Which IPL teams has Venkatesh Iyer played for?

Venkatesh Iyer has appeared for Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL.

What is Venkatesh Iyer's playing style?

Venkatesh Iyer is a left-hand bat who bowls right-arm fast medium, listed as a allrounder.

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How this page was worked out

Where these figures come from

Sources for this profile

IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.

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