Shreyas Iyer is captaining Punjab Kings in the IPL. He had a chance to score the first century of IPL in the match against Gujarat Titans. But Shreyas showed selfless spirit here and told his partner that he
Shreyas Iyer did not care for century, kept the team ahead.
Highlights
- Shreyas Iyer returned unbeaten after scoring 97 runs
- Shreyas is playing in IPL for the first time for Punjab
- Asked Shashank Singh to play his natural game
New Delhi: Shreyas Iyer may have missed his century, but his captaincy innings won everyone’s heart. When Shreyas was returning after playing an unbeaten 97 in the match against Gujarat Titans, a smile was clearly visible on his face. He showed a big heart during the batting. His entire focus was on contributing to the new team Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings have been looking for their first IPL title since 2008. Shreyas Iyer was at the crease after scoring 97 runs at the end of the 19th over of Punjab King’s innings. While at the other end, Shashank Singh had scored 22 runs off 10 balls. But here Shreyas decided more in the interest of the team than his personal century and he told the fellow batsman not to care about his century and played his natural game.
Shreyas Iyer (Shreyas Iyer) went to fellow batsman Shashank Singh (Shashank Singh) standing on strike before the start of the last over. Those who were hitting the ball well. Shreyas asked Shashank not to worry about his century but focus on scoring maximum runs for the team. Shashank replied to his captain’s trust by hitting five fours in the over of Mohammad Siraj, making Punjab Kings score a huge score of 243 for 5 wickets in 20 overs. After the Punjab Kings’s innings, when Shashank was asked about not being Shreyas Iyer’s century, he said, ‘Yes, it was a good cameo innings. But seeing Shreyas, I got more inspiration. To be honest, Shreyas told me from the first ball not to worry about my century! Just look at the ball and play your natural game on it.
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Shreyas played 97 runs off 42 balls
Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 97 off 42 balls. He hit 9 sixes and 5 fours in the captaincy innings. But he could not complete his first century in the IPL as he did not get a strike in the last over. From this over of Mohammad Siraj, Shashank Singh (44 runs off 16 balls) scored 23 runs and finished Punjab’s innings brilliantly. Shashank hit 6 fours and 2 sixes during his brilliant innings. Iyer and Shashank shared an unwavering partnership of 81 runs in 28 balls to bring the team to 240 runs. Shashank Singh said, ‘I try to kill the boundary. When you bat on that number, you cannot always get a good hit. I know which shots I can trust. I focus on my strength instead of those things that I cannot do. ‘
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Punjab defeated Gujarat by 11 runs
Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs in their first match and made his IPL debut. The Gujarat Titans could only manage 232 runs for 5 wickets to chase the target of 244 runs kept by Punjab. For Gujarat, opener Sai Sudarshan scored 74 runs off 41 balls while Jose Butler was dismissed for 54. For Punjab, Arshdeep Singh took the most 2 wickets.
