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'Unaesthetic, Useless': Venkatesh Iyer Mocked For His 23.75 Cr IPL Paycheck After MI Failure

Akshita Patel

Venkatesh Iyer mocked after failure vs MI [Source: @TukTuk_Academy, @DeveshP79010226/X.com]Venkatesh Iyer mocked after failure vs MI [Source: @TukTuk_Academy, @DeveshP79010226/X.com]

Venkatesh Iyer, who got paid INR 23.75 crore by KKR this year, threw his wicket away in an important game against MI. With his already 3 down at 25 runs, Iyer played a loose shot and received backlash from fans on social media.

Kolkata Knight Riders, the defending champions this year, made a conscious choice to buy back Venkatesh Iyer for an astronomical price of INR 23.75 crore during the IPL 2025 mega auction.

They let go of last year’s winning captain Shreyas Iyer to trust Venkatesh. However, the latter hasn’t fared well in 3 games so far.

Venkatesh Iyer Trolled After Dismal Performance Vs MI

In the 12th match of the IPL 2025 season, KKR batted first against MI. However, Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar sent both the openers packing in the powerplay.

Debutant Ashwani Kumar also struck on his first ball to dismiss captain Ajinkya Rahane. With KKR reduced to 25/3, Venkatesh Iyer had to rebuild the innings. Instead, he gifted his wicket to Chahar with a loose shot.

Deepak Chahar smartly exploited Iyer's weakness against the bouncer. He bowled a well-directed bouncer on off-stump and forced Iyer into an awkward ramp attempt. The ball was too close for the shot, resulting in a simple catch for Rickelton.

However, fans weren’t impressed at all with the all-rounder. Given that he is paid INR 23.75 crore this season, KKR supporters expected him to take some responsibility and bat sensibly with his team stuck in dire situations.

"When you are paying 23.75 crores to someone then he had to be a world beater. Not to a guy who looks like he don’t know which end to hold the bat . Venkatesh Iyer needs to vindicate the trust his team has in him." - @CricketTamizhan

"Shreyas Iyer staring at KKR like, Venkatesh Iyer over me at ~24 Cr? Seriously?." - @Delphy06

"Venkatesh Iyer’s batting stance looks like one of a tail ender’s." - 

"Venkatesh Iyer is genuinely the worst player this league has even seen. How can someone be so unaesthetic and so fucking useless." - @DeveshP79010226

"Venkatesh iyer should return his ipl fee. This guy doesn’t deserve more than 20 lakhs." - @Manish_LSG

That being said, MI didn’t relent after the sensational start. At the end of the first 7 overs, KKR had 45 runs on the board at the loss of 5 big wickets.