After a bunch of forgettable performances, Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) most expensive buy in the IPL 2025, Venkatesh Iyer, finally put up a performance to be remembered for. He stood up tall with his performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad and helped KKR on its way to an emphatic 80-run victory. KKR were in a bit of trouble at 106/4 in the 13th over after the fall of Angkrish Raghuvanshi. Iyer then stepped up to recklessly hammer 60 runs at an incredible strike rate of 206.90 in just 29 deliveries. His pleasure cruise featured seven boundaries and three biggies. Along with an unbeaten 32 from Rinku Singh, KKR were able to put together a pretty good score of 200/6. Iyer also expressed that despite the big score, SRH could well have turned out to be very dangerous on the day because of their aggressive batting. He thanked Vaibhav Arora, who changed the game with his fiery spell during powerplay. Venkatesh Iyer commented: “The main communication was by Ajinkya and Angkrish. The messages they sent during the time-out made us understand that it’s not an easy pitch to just go out there and hit. You have to take your time.” Iyer emphasised the importance of strategic aggression, said: “It’s very important for us to show positive but correct intent. If we are 50/6 and I still go and tonk everything, that’s positive, but that’s not correct. Aggression does not mean tonking every ball for sixes.” Read: Rahane’s Stunning Catch Removes Ishan Kishan in KKR vs SRH Arora ended the game with 3/29, having taken another valuable wicket, that of Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, and Heinrich Klaasen. KKR on their way to 80 runs victory gained a lot of momentum through some major contributions from him. Iyer shared the other experience where he faced India's pacer Mohammed Shami who was returning from a long injury layoff. Iyer added: “The cricket fan in me is very happy to see Shami Bhai back and running in full flow. It was extremely challenging to play him in the Ranji trophy as well, but here in T20, the bowler also has a mindset that if they err, they can get hit for a boundary,”