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Venkatesh Iyer Gets Signed By Lancashire For English Summer After KKR Star's Recommendation

Venky Iyer joins Lancashire on Salt's recommendation (x.com)Venky Iyer joins Lancashire on Salt's recommendation (x.com)

KKR's star batter Venkatesh Iyer has signed a five-week contract with County club Lancashire. The southpaw will play the upcoming One Day Cup tournament and a couple of rounds in the County Championship. The left-handed all-rounder is likely to mark his first appearance against Kent on July 28th in Blackpool.

"This is a deal we have worked hard to complete. Venkatesh will add experience to a young side during the One-Day Cup, whilst providing an explosive batting option in the middle-order and another seam bowler that we can turn to with the ball. He will also be available for our County Championship matches against Surrey and Hampshire towards the end of August and gives us another high-quality overseas option to select from."


The report from Cricbuzz also stated that Iyer's KKR teammate Phil Salt had recommended his name to the club. Meanwhile, Iyer expressed his delight over joining Lancashire. 

"I am incredibly excited to head over to England and to have the opportunity to play county cricket for the first time in my career. Lancashire is a very historic county with a long history of welcoming Indian players to their Club. To test my skills in both one-day and first-class cricket in English conditions is going to really benefit my game."

The southpaw struck 370 runs in 14 matches, averaging 46.25 alongside a strike rate of 158.80.