Before Starc could work his magic with the ball, KKR needed something to defend. And Venkatesh's 70 off 52 was the backbone of KKR's innings. He was quick early on, hitting two fours off his first four balls, before settling down a little as wickets fell at the other end. But to KKR's credit, their run rate did not slow significantly despite the dismissals. They were 51 for 4 after five overs, 83 for 5 after 10 and had reached triple figures in the 12th over of the innings.
Much of that was down to Venkatesh and Pandey, who kept looking for boundary opportunities rather than going into accumulation mode. Pandey was out for 42 off 31 in the 17th over, but Iyer stayed on till the 20th and was the last to go off the penultimate ball. Of his three sixes, the back-away and crash over long-off off the bowling of Hardik Pandya was the most memorable.