New Delhi, May 27 -- Venkatesh Iyer's poor season ended in the worst way possible as he was dropped for Kolkata Knight Riders' final fixture of the Indian Premier League season on May 25, Sunday.

Although it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as the defending champions crashed to a 110-run defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad, not featuring in the final game of the season would have stung the lanky southpaw.

After the big defeat, KKR slipped to eighth in the table as they bow out of IPL 2025 on a disappointing note.

Earlier today, May 27, Iyer penned a short note to KKR fans on social media as he captioned a carousel of his images from IPL 2025 with, "Hard season. Big hearts. Lessons we'll carry forever."

Sunday's fixture was not the fi...