India, April 21 -- Venkatesh Iyer failed to live up to the hefty price tag once again and flopped with the bat against the Gujarat Titans at Eden Gardens. Venkatesh, who was signed for a whopping INR 23.75 crore by KKR, is turning out to be one of the biggest flops of the season. The left-handed batter scored 14 off 19 balls at a poor strike rate of 73.68 on Monday in a 199-run chase. He struggled to get going on a tricky batting surface and failed to hit a single boundary during his stay in the middle.

He stitched a 41-run stand with skipper Ajinkya Rahane, but the slow knock only pressured his partner to take risks for boundaries.

The left-handed batter has been a big letdown for the defending champions and scored just 129 runs in 8 m...