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“Hardik Pandya’s replacement” – Twitter reacts to Venkatesh Iyer’s recent performance in Vijay Hazare Trophy

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Twitter reacts to Venkatesh Iyer's performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021

The Indian cricket community and the fans have louded all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer’s terrific form and for his brilliant performance in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021.

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Venkatesh Iyer is one of the breakthrough stars from this year’s Indian Premier League playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise. He also most recently made his T20I debut for Team India against New Zealand last month.

Venkatesh Iyer is enjoying a great last couple of months of his career, from being one of the stars of the IPL 2021, to making his debut for Team, to performing to his best for his domestic team Madhya Pradesh.

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Venkatesh Iyer is a kind of a player whom the Indian team had been searching. Iyer is comfortable opening the inning, like he did for IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and can give you overs and pick-up wickets. However, he is also comfortable playing in middle-order or lower down the order, like what he has been doing for Madhya Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

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Venkatesh Iyer use to open the inning for KKR along with Shubman Gill in the IPL. He made his IPL debut in the 2nd phase of the tournament, and scored 370 runs in 10 matches, picked up 3 wickets as well.

After which, he also made his India debut against New Zealand. He continued his impressive form in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as well, scoring 227 runs at a strike rate of 149.

He has continued his form in the 50 overs game as well. In the 4 matches that the left-hand batsman has played, he has scored 348 runs. Most recently, he scored 151 runs against Chandigarh.

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The batsman’s recent form has made the fans believe that he is the replacement of injury hit Hardik Pandya, who has failed to perform at per after sustaining an injury during the 2019 World Cup.

With the South Africa ODI series incoming and is set to take place next month, Venkatesh Iyer might not be far away from making his India ODI debut.

Here’s how the fans on the Twitter has reacted to Venkatesh Iyer’s performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021.