Everything that Shreyas and Punjab coach Ricky Ponting have touched this season has turned to gold. For Delhi, they are in a desperate race to not fall off the top four spots that give a ticket to the IPL Playoffs.
One of the reasons for Punjab Kings finding themselves where they are at the moment is their opening pair of Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, which is complimented by Cooper Connelly and skipper Shreyas Iyer. While there is no Punjab batter in the top 10 for the race for the Orange Cap, Arya has scored his 211 runs from five innings at a breathtaking strike rate of 248.23, which is unmatched among the top 20 batters in the league at the moment.
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Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer: ‘If someone tells me I can’t do something, trigger ho jaata hai mind mein’
Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer led from the front with a 69-run blitz, maintaining his team’s 100% win record in IPL 2026 with a victory over SRH. (CREIMAS)
Shreyas Iyer’s flying catch has gotten presiding deity of fielding, Jonty Rhodes to wax eloquent on the fielding craft, and feel like a grandfather. But the Punjab Kings skipper, who has been sublime for his franchise since last season, and highly popular despite RCB claiming the title, has continued riding the wave, with even his leadership getting rave reviews.
In a teaser of an interview with the host broadcaster JioHotstar’s ‘Believe’ show hosted by Irfan Pathan, Shreyas has dropped some pearls on his mindset and witticisms.
Dubbed Sarpanch at Punjab Kings, Iyer starts by saying, “Honestly speaking, main instinctive type hoon” even as Pathan calls him the man with Midas touch.
The Mumbaikar has offered stability and guts to a Punjab lineup, and brought the mentality that makes the northern franchise rise up to the challenge of the biggies – RCB, MI, KKR and CSK.
