Having played 50 IPL games, Venkatesh has scored 1,326 runs at 31.57. The tally includes 11 fifties and a ton. In 2023, he became the second centurion for KKR after Brendon McCullum, who smashed a record-breaking century in IPL's first-ever encounter.

KKR went all out for Venkatesh Iyer for INR 23.75 crore, who might probably and potentially be their captaincy option for IPL 2025. However, the Knight Riders did balance out that bid with some steals of Anrich Nortje,

KKR released Venkatesh Iyer ahead of the auction but this is a massive coup for them, who has been a consistent performer for them. Iyer amassed 370 runs in the IPL 2024 season for KKR and scored 404 runs in the season before.