Watch: Venkatesh Iyer picks legendary Indian wicketkeeper over Sachin Tendulkar

Venkatesh Iyer is in the United Kingdom playing for Lancashire after a successful outing in the Indian Premier League 2024 for Kolkata Knight Riders. As part of the Club’s ‘This or That’ segment, Iyer was in conundrum to choose between legendary Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. However, the southpaw after a brief pause picked Dhoni over Tendulkar.

Iyer has been part of the KKR camp since 2021 and has featured for the Indian team in two ODIs and nine T20Is. Coming back to the segment, the 29-year-old chose England’s Phil Salt over Chris Gayle and he even let Virat Kohli go over Dhoni before settling for the veteran’s name against legendary Tendulkar. 

Here’s the video of Iyer’s fun segment:  

Venkatesh Iyer grappling with form in domestic cricket

The all-rounder scored 370 runs for KKR in IPL 2024 at an average of 46.25 in 13 innings and four fifty-plus scores to his name. Moreover, he had an impressive strike rate of 158.79. But the Madhya Pradesh batter has had a lackluster outing for Lancashire recently. Representing the club in the One-Day Cup, he has amassed just 78 runs in five games and he has three wickets to his name. 

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The opening batter is set to return to India after his stint with Lancashire and has unfortunately missed out on playing Duleep Trophy. In the 2022 season of the domestic tournament, the batter scored just 182 runs from 12 innings. But the previous year in IPL 2021, he dazzled with 370 runs in 10 games at an average of 41.11, which earned him an India call-up.