Shreyas Iyer couldn’t have wished for a greater begin to his tenure as Punjab Kings skipper, as he smashed an unbeaten 42-ball-97 earlier than a disciplined bowling present by Arshdeep Singh and Vyshak Vijaykumar’s level-headedness guided the group to an 11-run win in opposition to Gujarat Titans on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.
On a floor the place the ball got here onto the bat properly, Shreyas flexed his muscle groups and dealt in boundaries because the Kings overcame a middle-order fumble to publish 243 for 5, their second-highest whole within the event.
Nonetheless, the Titans put up a powerful combat with Sai Sudharsan’s 41-ball-74 and Jos Buttler’s 33-ball-54 earlier than Vyshak and Arshdeep closed out the sport.
AS IT HAPPENED | GT VS PBKS
The Titans, led by Shubman Gill, amassed 61 runs contained in the powerplay earlier than Glenn Maxwell dismissed the captain. Nonetheless, with Sudharsan and Buttler in type, GT was within the hunt. Profiting from some sloppy fielding, they solid an 84-run partnership for the second wicket earlier than Arshdeep eliminated Sudharsan.
Impression Participant Sherfane Rutherford, nonetheless, regarded fiery because the Titans inched nearer and wanted 27 within the closing over. Arshdeep, nonetheless, saved his cool and conceded simply 15 runs.
Punjab Kings Priyansh Arya in motion in the course of the TATA IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings.
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Punjab Kings Priyansh Arya in motion in the course of the TATA IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings.
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Vyshak, who got here on to bowl solely within the fifteenth over, returned spectacular figures of 0/28 from his three overs.
Earlier, the Kings cruised to 73 for one within the PowerPlay, with debutant Priyansh Arya dominating the bowlers with a flurry of boundaries. He made essentially the most of a reprieve and set the tone with 21 runs from Arshad Khan’s first over earlier than falling three in need of a fifty.
Shreyas performed the large pictures and deflated the Titans assault together with Shashank Singh. Shreyas missed out on a maiden hundred within the event as Shashank confronted all of the deliveries within the closing over bowled by Mohammed Siraj and took him to the cleaners, amassing 23 runs. He remained unbeaten on a 16-ball 44.
Because the spectators chanted his identify, Shreyas hugged Shashank and walked off with a smile on his face. Shreyas continued his good type from the Champions Trophy as he didn’t provide any probability to the star-studded bowling line-up, because the Kings plundered 87 runs off the final 5 overs.