CSK vs KKR IPL 2023: Why is Venkatesh Iyer Not Playing Today’s Match IPL? Check KKR Playing XI

The important news update coming from the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) camp is that they have not included Venkatesh Iyer in their starting XI for their 13th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) season against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) being hosted at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Things did not worked out very well for the Kolkata Knight Riders during their most recent encounter of this ongoing T20 competition as they suffered a comprehensive 9-wicket defeat against Rajasthan Royals.

CSK vs KKR IPL 2023: Why is Venkatesh Iyer Not Playing Today’s Match IPL?

During the toss, it was revealed that Venkatesh Iyer is not part of the starting KKR playing 11 for today’s CSK vs KKR match. However, he is absolutely fit and included in the substitute members list out of which one can be used as an Impact Player at any moment in the game. Iyer notched up a fine half-century during the last match against Rajasthan Royals. However, he has played really well this IPL 2023 season having scored a total of 371 runs from 12 matches at an amazing strike-rate of over 143 that includes a couple of fifties and a hundred. Therefore, Venkatesh will most likely come out as the Impact Player for KKR in the second innings.

“Would have liked to bat first as well. The deck looks sticky, so would have wanted to bat first and get our spinners in play. I think pressure was there in the first game as well, it is there now as well. Such is the IPL, we can’t take it lightly. If any department falters, then 90% the result goes against you. So we need to be clinical in all departments. One change for us – Anukul Roy goes out, Vaibhav Arora comes in,” said Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana during the toss.

KKR Playing XI

1. Jason Roy
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)
3. Nitish Rana (C)
4. Rinku Singh
5. Andre Russell
6. Sunil Narine
7. Shardul Thakur
8. Harshit Rana
9. Suyash Sharma
10. Vaibhav Arora
11. Varun Chakravarthy

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Venkatesh Iyer IPL 2023 Price

The Kolkata Knight Riders took a really big call when they retained Venkatesh Iyer for a massive amount of INR 8 Crore ahead of the IPL 2022 auction. During IPL 2021, Iyer smashed a total of 370 runs from just 10 games at a strike-rate of nearly 130 that included as many as 4 half-centuries. However, despite a poor IPL 2022 season, KKR still decided to retain him for IPL 2023.

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