IPL 2023: Venkatesh Iyer downplays the significance of KKR's season-opening loss to PBKS.

Venkatesh Iyer, an all-rounder for the Kolkata Knight-Riders, played down the team's opening-day defeat to the Punjab Kings in the IPL 2023 on Saturday.

After winning the toss, Nitish Rana put PBKS into bat, and Prabhsimran Singh helped them get off to a great start. The Mohali-based team scored 191 runs in their 20 overs thanks to a strong partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa.

KKR got off to a fast start in the chase, but they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The Impact Player for the two-time IPL champions, Iyer kept them in the game despite Andre Russell's big hits when he came on.

In any case, the wicket of both Iyer and Russell, combined with a weighty downpour implied that KKR needed to assume a seven-run misfortune through the DLS technique in their initial match.

The KKR all-rounder played down the impact of the loss and stated that they did try to use the dimensions of the ground to their advantage, despite not starting the season in a bad way.

Iyer said they significantly benefited from play shots and assuming that the association was better, they might have wound up dominating the match. The all-rounder felt that the group didn't need anyplace.

"The wicket began to hold a smidgen in the subsequent innings. Be that as it may, we as a whole realize it was a decent wicket to bat on. We did not use the dimensions improperly. It was clearly their home field, and it worked in their favor."

"All of our shots were successful. Sadly, we were unable to track down the center of the bat in those. It would have been a different story if we had discovered the middle. I give them credit for using it, I believe. We didn't need anyplace. "The outcome would have been different with just a few boundaries here and there," Iyer stated.