Venkatesh Iyer ends KKR's 15-year wait for IPL ton since McCullum's 158

Venkatesh Iyer on Sunday (April 16) ended Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) long wait for an IPL hundred.

The left-hander Iyer scored a 51-ball 104 with six fours and nine sixes against Mumbai Indians (MI) at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in an IPL 2023 game.

This was only the second hundred by a KKR batsman since Brendon McCullum’s 158 in the first-ever IPL game in 2008.

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McCullum’s hundred came against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 18, 2008.

Worth the wait! 💜@venkateshiyer | @Bazmccullum | #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/YCYgXS5qr9

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2023

After a long wait of 5,476 days, a second KKR century has arrived in IPL. Thanks to Iyer’s superb knock, the Kolkata franchise posted 185/6 in 20 overs.

Iyer’s hundred was the second in IPL 2023 after Sunriser Hyderabad’s (SRH) Harry Brook, who made a 55-ball 100 against KKR at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Friday (April 14).

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This was Iyer’s maiden ton in Twenty20 cricket. His previous highest was 88 not out.

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Take a bow, @venkateshiyer 🙌

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2023