The decision to field first after winning the toss on a red soil track turned out rosy for Shreyas Iyer when Arshdeep Singh and Lockie Ferguson bowled well enough to pick a couple of wickets together within the fourth over. Rishabh Pant’s lean patch in the season worsened after Glenn Maxwell worked as a good match-up against him in the fifth over. Following a 39-run powerplay, Nicholas Pooran and Ayush Badoni orchestrated a fifty-run stand before Yuzvendra Chahal outwitted the southpaw in the twelfth over. David Miller, in the presence of a struggling Ayush Badoni, took the total past the hundred-run. Marco Jansen, in his third over, outsmarted Miller as LSG’s score reflected 125/5 in 16 overs. Subsequently, Abdul Samad’s 12-ball 27 steered them to 171/7 in 20 overs.
In reply, the Kings got off to a flying start, courtesy of Prabhsimran Singh’s gung-ho approach against the pacers. Although Digvesh Rathi removed Priyansh Arya with a quirky send-off in the third over, the wicketkeeper-batter ensured that the Kings fetched 62 runs inside the powerplay. Be it the spinners ot the pacers, Prabhsimran ripped them apart with a blend of fancy and orthodox strokes before departing for a 34-ball 69. With 110 runs on the board by the tenth over, Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadhera nurdled around to bring it down to 45 required off the last seven overs. It was just a matter of time before a series of lusty strokes from the pair curtailed the equation to 17 off 28 balls. Right after, Wadhera clobbered a couple of big sixes and a four to equal the equation, making for the Punjab skipper to hit the finishing runs.
East – West – North – South
King Shreyas Iyer united whole india for Punjab Kings 🦁
Unmatchable Aura and Power ! pic.twitter.com/77vhlyzhJU— . (@huserlame) April 1, 2025
😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/fsSoKmMV9w
— 🐐 (@loftedbackfoot) April 1, 2025
Yup
Too good
Shreyas Iyer as PBKS captain:
97*(42),
52*(30)
Wherever he goes, team starts to look so strong. When he was captaining DC people called DC strong, when he captained KKR then KKR started to look invincible & now same is happening with PBKS man🔥🔥🔥🔥pic.twitter.com/Q6ijWJzSc0— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) April 1, 2025
Like if you think Shreyas Iyer should be India’s next captain. pic.twitter.com/h6ep0RAKwA
— PIXEL77 (@SaviourShrey96) April 1, 2025
Captain!
Shreyas Iyer is proving to be worth every penny for PBKS, both as a captain and a batter. Leading from the front!
– Skipper 👏
pic.twitter.com/uJFxOJ0QHe— Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) April 1, 2025
Solid ones
#LSGvsPBKS
Solid knocks by Prabhsimran Singh, Nehal Wadhera and Shreyas Iyer🔥🔥 This Punjab Kings team looks super solid 🥵🥁 Gonna be a long night for Goenka saab🥳
Just a reminder, SRH lost against this LSG bowling after thigh-slapping about scoring 300🤭hh pic.twitter.com/2kpqf515RQ— Mastikhor 🤪 (@ventingout247) April 1, 2025
Back to back wins
pbks led by Shreyas Santhosh Iyer 😎🔥pic.twitter.com/LOgKa339FF— MSD 7 × SI 96 (@subasri_41) April 1, 2025
Ruler
