Venkatesh Iyer was on the KKR bench for a while after being signed by the franchise. But he was poised to make his debut in KKR's last match in India, before the league was postponed due to COVID-19. But ahead of KKR's first match of phase 2 of IPL 2021 against RCB, Venkatesh called his coach and informed him that he will be given his IPL debut cap. According to coach Dinesh Sharma, Venkatesh has been backed a lot by India veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh and KKR Head coach Brendon McCullum.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/ipl-2021-meet-venkatesh-iyer-the-new-kkr-batting-sensation-who-has-an-mba-degree-and-is-a-rajinikanth-fan/articleshow/86477946.cms