This 3.0 version of Shreyas Iyer is scary good. He’s grew heaps in the last 12 months. It all started with him getting axed from the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) central contracts for 2024-25. In the the coming months, he lifted the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy as Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain.
Earlier this year, he won the Champions Trophy 2025 and ended as India cricket team’s highest run-scorer. Now, leading the Punjab Kings (PBKS), the captain has scored back-to-back half-centuries. In his maiden game as the skipper, Shreyas was left unbeaten on 97.
He didn’t care about his maiden hundred as he let Shashank Singh farm the strike in the final over of the first innings. His batting partner later revealed that the PBKS had told him to score as many runs as possible. Shreyas was left hanging against the Gujarat Titans but made sure that he doesn’t miss out on another milestone against the Lucknow Super Giants.
Statement victory
Skipper’s secondthis season
Consecutive winsPunjab Kings cap off a perfect day
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Stuck at 46 with his team needing 1 run to win the match, Shreyas smoked Abdul Samad for a maximum and PBKS move dto the second place on the IPL 2025 points table.
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