Kolkata Knight Riders made a huge comeback in IPL 2025 by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 80 runs. Kolkata's victory was decided by Vaibhav Arora and Venkatesh Iyer. Arora took three wickets and Iyer scored 60 runs in 29 balls. However, after this victory, the vice -captain Iyer has said something that is not good news for Ajinkya Rahane. In fact, Venkatesh Iyer said after the match that he does not make much difference from the pitch, we should play according to the pitch we have, while Rahane said a few days ago that he wants a spin friendly pitch for the team. So somewhere Venkatesh Iyer's statement is like cutting Ajinkya Rahane.

Venkatesh Iyer said about the pitch?

Venkatesh said that he believes in playing according to every pitch as a professional cricketer, but if he gets the situation of his choice on the home ground, then it will be beneficial for him. In the press conference after the match, he said, 'We bowled very well. We used the pitch and weather well. I believe that the pitch should be like this or like that, there is no need to consider it much. We are professional cricketers, so we mold in every situation. But yes, if we get the same situation on our home ground, it will be good for us.

According to reports, Ajinkya Rahane demanded a spin friendly pitch from KKR's pitch curator which he rejected. Now the vice -captain is saying that no one should make a difference from the pitch. But they are also trying to balance it later.

KKR's team won like this

By the way, the mantra of KKR's success was also to be molded according to the situation. Sunrisers won the toss and invited KKR to bat. After Angakrishna Raghuvanshi's brilliant half -century, Venkatesh and Rinku Singh's stormy innings brought the team to 200/6, making it difficult for SRH to achieve the target.

Venkatesh said that after understanding some balls in the beginning, making a strategy of attack is still a mantra of success. He said, 'During the time-out, Ajinkya Rahane and Raghuvanshi explained to us that this pitch is not such that you just go and attack every ball. You have to take some time. The ball was doing a little stick, it was also turning. So it was necessary for us to understand the pitch first and then play accordingly. I got this luxury because we have players like Rinku, Ramandeep Singh and Andre Russell who can attack any bowling in the last overs. So our plan was to understand the pitch first '

This strategy was successful, as Venkatesh and Rinku forced SRH bowlers to kneel after the 15th over. KKR scored a strong score of 200/6, in response to which Hyderabad, who lost the top order in Sunrisers Powerplay, needed a miracle to win, but it did not happen and the team was piled on 120 runs, which led to a heavily win of 80 runs.

So our plan was to understand the pitch first '

This strategy was successful, as Venkatesh and Rinku forced SRH bowlers to kneel after the 15th over. KKR scored a strong score of 200/6, in response to which Hyderabad, who lost the top order in Sunrisers Powerplay, needed a miracle to win, but it did not happen and the team was piled on 120 runs, which led to a heavily win of 80 runs.