Allow to run a string as the corresponding vim commands in elisp

This list of call-interactively actually represents a very simple Vim macro: vk=o

(define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "SPC dg")
  (lambda ()
    (interactive)
    (call-interactively 'evil-visual-char)
    (call-interactively 'evil-previous-line)
    (call-interactively 'indent-region)
    (call-interactively 'evil-open-below)))

Question
Is there a simple way to execute vim commands inside elisp?

Notes
I have found that you can bind vim macros to keyboard shortcuts using global-set-key. Something like this: (global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-l") "vk=o") But trying to see how global-set-key was doing it, it lead me to compiled C code from define-key which didn't help much.

I am looking to write something perhaps alike:

(define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "SPC dg")
  (lambda ()
    (interactive)
    ;; some code
    (eval-vim-macro "vk=o")))

Thanks for the help!

TLDR: I ended up using evil-ex-execute.

Stumbled upon this question looking for the same thing. Hope my findings help future travelers.

What I did to find this out was:

• C-h k :, which directed me towards the evil-ex in evil-ex.el file.
• Casually browsed evil-ex.el file to find out the function that seemed to make sense.
• Tried out the evil-ex-execute to find that this is exactly what I need.

Singing praises to Emacs introspection capabilities!