Venkatesh Iyer smashed the West Indian bowlers during the second T20 international against the West Indies at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday.
The 1st inning of the 2nd T20I between India and the West Indies Ishan Kishan failed to make the mark as an opener, Rohit departed for 19 in 18 balls after a fine partnership with Kohli .Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli impressed everyone with their blistering knocks. Although Venkatesh Iyer scored 33 runs from just 18 balls, with the help of four strokes to the boundary and one over it.
One of his shots to the boundary, in the second ball of the 16th over from Sheldon Cottrell, Venkatesh Iyer flicked him over the fine leg boundary for a four. The left-arm pacer bowler the ball down the leg side. Iyer used the pace of the delivery and hit over the fine leg boundary. Venkatesh just flicked it to send the ball to the boundary ropes. The ball went down to the Indian dugout in a jiffy with the Indian players getting out of their seats and ducking for cover as some even fell to the ground trying to avoid being hit.
Iyer was finally dismissed on 33 off 18 balls hitting four boundaries and a six. He added a 76-run stand with Rishabh who scored a fifty. He ended unbeaten on 52 as India scored almost 80 runs in the final seven overs. India ended on 186/5 .Meanwhile, West Indies failed to chased the target, India won the match by 8 runs.