IPL 2021 | Venkatesh Iyer is going to fetch a very high price in the mega auctions, believes Sanjay Manjrekar

"I'm thinking 12-14 crore because this is not a kind of a fluke show. I was looking at his First-Class numbers and his List A record is outstanding. His average is 47, strikes at 92. That is his T20 record in domestic cricket, not counting the IPL. His strike rate is high, he averages 37. So this is a guy who knows how to bat. Plus, he is a bowler, and in the last match he has shown that he can bowl the tough overs too. So he is somebody who is going to fetch a very high price," Manjrekar told ESPNCricinfo, reported Hindustan Times. 

The IPL 2022 will witness a mega auction ahead of the season because of the addition of two new teams. The announcement of those two teams will be made on Monday, October 25. 

“In Venkatesh Iyer, Kolkata have unearthed a player who can be the all-rounder that India is looking for. His bowing is not express, but he gets the yorker right more than not and doesn’t let the batsman slog him. As a batsman, he plays upright, which gets into a great position to play the short ball, and he drives beautifully through the off-side like all left-handers seem to do,” Gavaskar wrote in a column for TOI, reported Hindustan Times.