"You got the Indian Premier League ahead of you, you need my blessing to go and grab the cup. So prepare yourself to be blessed by the visionary and go on and burn it down," said the American professional wrestler whose actual name is Colby Daniel Lopez but goes with the ring name of Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
The American wrestler told Iyer that he was excited to know that the Indian cricketer his huge fan. "It felt so good that it is going to give me the momentum I need to proper me to all the way to Wrestlemania, where I do best and make moments," Seth Rollins said in the video message.
Iyer was one of the players KKR retained after he made a huge impact at the top of the order in the second leg of IPL 2021 in the United Arab Emirates last year. That performance propelled Iyer to a place in the Indian white-ball cricket team. It also raised hopes of another brilliant performance in the 15th edition of the IPL starting on Saturday, which will help him further bolster his claim for a place in the squad for this year's T20 World Cup in Australia.
