Just as days for the home series against New Zealand is coming closer, all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer is not leaving anything to chance and is producing brilliant performances one after another to stake claim a spot in the India’s T20 squad for the series.
He has produced a remarkable spell of bowling with his domestic side Madhya Pradesh where he conceded two runs from his quota of four overs while taking two wickets. He bowled 22 dot balls in his bowling performance that produced a bowling figure of 4-2-2-2.
Iyer burst onto the scene in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League that ended earlier last month and has not done his reputation any harm in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
He has earned reputation for his remarkable ability to hit boundaries with ease and take crucial wickets with the ball. He was one of the instrumental.
There is high probability that India will rest many first-choice players for the upcoming series against New Zealand while also injecting fresh faces in the T20 squad after the debacle in the T20 World Cup.
Iyer is one of the players in reckoning and his performance would be on selectors’ radar before they meet to select the squad for the first T20 series in post Virat Kohli’s era as T20 captain.