KKR vs RR: Twitter Reacts As Venkatesh Iyer Gets Dropped From KKR Playing XI After String Of Poor Performances

After being touted as the next best all-rounder for India, Venkatesh Iyer’s slump has come as a surprise and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has decided to drop him for the game against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Monday.

Iyer was a major part of KKR’s resurgence in the second half of the IPL 2021 season held in UAE but his lackluster performances in the IPL 2022 season, after being retained, have led to his axing from the team.

In 9 matches so far, Iyer scored just 132 runs with a best of 50. His runs have come at a terrible strike rate of 97.78 and an average of 16.5.

The tall all-rounder was demoted down the order so as to play the role of the finisher which he does for the Indian team in the shortest format. Unfortunately, he failed to succeed there and KKR has started to look at other options.

With the ball in hand, he has just bowled 3 overs and conceded 38 runs, further worsening his case for a place in the playing XI. He has been replaced by Anukul Roy as KKR look to break their 5-match losing streak against RR.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer(c), Baba Indrajith(w), Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi

Here’s how Twitter reacted to Venkatesh Iyer’s axing:

Took 10 games for KKR last year to decide they want to retain Venky and it's taken 9 games to drop him this season

— Prashanth S (@ps_it_is) May 2, 2022

KKR retained Venky n Varun ahead of Rahul tripathi just to bench them. ?

— Kavyansh (@Kohliisgoat) May 2, 2022

Venky goes up and down and out of the side now. Sigh.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 2, 2022

Venky dropped ??
As if others were scoring alot of runs

— vru (@BringHopeToUs) May 2, 2022

KKR dropped Venkatesh Iyer. But we know him for scoring in second half of the tournament. ? #IPL

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 2, 2022

Just build a team around Shreyas and release all the dead weights starting with Venkatesh Iyer and I’m pretty confident he’ll deliver us an IPL trophy. His captaincy tonight again was top notch.

— Prantik (@Pran__07) April 28, 2022

After 8 Failure
Ruturaj Gaikwad 138 Run
Backed continuously
99 off 57

After 8 Failure
Venkatesh Iyer 132 Run
DROPPED

— KKR Bhakt ?? (@KKRSince2011) May 2, 2022

Venkatesh Iyer just hasn't got going this season. 9 matches, 132 runs, avg of 16.50, SR of 97.78. Going into the season, KKR would have expected him to be one of their trump cards… but it just hasn't worked out. pic.twitter.com/SX3doorlv5

— Ashish Magotra (@clutchplay) May 2, 2022

KKR's retained player Venkatesh Iyer dropped from playing XI.
And when i say their retentions weren't upto the mark…ppl get offended.

Now KKR themselves are doing it.
I hope they win this game.#KKRvsRR

— Priyank Sahai (@priyank_sahai) May 2, 2022

Quite a steep fall for Venkatesh Iyer.

— Udit (@udit_buch) May 2, 2022

What a downfall for venkatesh iyer within 6 months ?#KKRvsRR #IPL2022

— MaayoN ᶜˢᵏ ? ?? (@itz_satheesh3) May 2, 2022

KKR are paying for 2 of the worst retentions of the league. Varun Chakravarty was impressive but still didn't have a proven record in India. He only did well in UAE. Venkatesh Iyer was a half season wonder who also got fast tracked into the national side just because he can bowl.

— ` (@FourOverthrows) May 2, 2022

It's not been a great year for the retained players at @IPL

Yashasvi Jaiswal
Abdul Samad
Varun Chakravarty
Venkatesh Iyer

All dropped.

Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje injured and Ravindra Jadeja has lost his captaincy.

— Manas Tiwari (@manast10) May 2, 2022

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