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IPL 2025, KKR vs SRH: Praising the home bowlers, KKR vice-captain Venkatesh Iyer favours players adapting to different surfaces

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IPL 2025, KKR vs SRH: Praising the home bowlers, KKR vice-captain Venkatesh Iyer favours players adapting to different surfaces

Kolkata Knight Riders Venkatesh Iyer plays a shot during the Indian Premier League 2025 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI Vice-captain Venkatesh Iyer learnt quickly from his below-par performances to improve and contribute a crucial 29-ball 60 to help Kolkata Knight Riders trounce Sunrisers Hyderabad by 80 runs in the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday (April 3, 2025) night. Venkatesh, who fell cheaply in two matches, said, “Maybe I was rushing a little in the initial two matches. For me, it has always been to keep things simple. Because my batting position is such that the situations that I will play will keep on cha...

‘MS Dhoni’s reading of angles is out of the world’: Venkatesh Iyer recounts former CSK captain’s plan that got him out in IPL 2023

While MS Dhoni may have left his captaincy days behind him, Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer described an incident of the Chennai Super Kings talisman’s leadership acumen from his last season as the franchise’s skipper in 2023. The 30-year-old Iyer, who reunited with KKR during the IPL 2025 mega auction last November with a hefty price tag of Rs 23.75 crore, recounted Dhoni’s moment of “real captaincy” that left him gobsmacked during a CSK-KKR tie in Chennai. After Dhoni made a subtle adjustment in the field during KKR’s modest 145-run chase at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, the former India captain prevailed in setting up Iyer’s wicket off the very next ball, with Ravindra Jadeja holding onto a catch near the short-third position off Deepak Chahar’s bowling. Story contin...

IPL 2025: Ajinkya Rahane to captain KKR

Ajinkya Rahane. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former India skipper Ajinkya Rahane will captain defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). As per an announcement on Monday (March 3, 2025), Venkatesh Iyer will be Rahane’s deputy in the 2025 season. “It’s an honour to lead KKR, which has been one of the most successful franchises. We have an excellent and balanced squad. I look forward to working with everyone and taking up the challenge of defending the title,” said Rahane. “We are delighted to have Rahane, who brings his experience and maturity as a leader. Venkatesh has been a franchise player for KKR and brings a lot of leadership qualiti...