4, 0 , 4, 2 & Wicket: Shreyas Iyer wins the battle, Jofra Archer claims the war!

Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer has been in splendid touch in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. He had two scored two unbeaten scores in match wins. In his peak, Shreyas has revealed his 3.0 version to the world. And as his team embarked on 206-run target, he entered the Mullanpur Cricket Stadium with the confidence of a man who was yet to be started.

Shreyas Iyer vs Jofra Acher battle

Jofra Archer had dismissed Priyansh Arya on the first ball of the chase. It was gem of delivery that jagged away from the southpaw opener and hit the off stump. A dream ball for any pacer. But Shreyas was unperturbed. Archer came running in and in a flash the ball had reached the boundary.

The pacer had pitched the ball outside off and Shreyas drove him on the up over extra covers. A glorious shot that reached the boundary on just one bounce. Archer come again bowled outside off, this time Shreyas guided it to backward point for. No run.

On the third ball, Archer once again went out outside off and Shreyas hit the ball in the air again. The ball went to cover point region. The fourth ball was guided to backward point, who got his hand on the ball and didn’t reach the boundary. Shreyas was winning by now. He had scored 10 off 4 balls. All the balls were over 145 clicks.

Just one ball remained and Archer chanegd the tactics this time. Shreyas expected the ball to be outside off again and the pacer directed it towards the stumps. Shreyas went back and tried to drag the ball to the off side. He was in no shape and the ball was the fastest Arched had bowled by then, 148 km.

Stumps were shattered and Shreyas walked back with a pretty 10 (5). The PBKS captain had won the battle but the world belong to Archer.