Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lost to Punjab Kings (PBKS). Subsequently, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer has described his team’s star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as one of the best bowlers in IPL. He told that he had said in a personal conversation with Chahal to leave worry about giving runs and focus on taking wickets. Chahal did not perform well in the beginning, but now he has returned to the rhythm.
In the match against RCB, Chahal played an important role in Punjab’s victory by taking the wickets of Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar and Jitesh Sharma. Punjab won the match by five wickets.
What did Shreyas say about Chahal?
After the match, Shreyas Iyer said, “I talked to Chahal and said that you are a player to win the match. We need wickets from you. You don’t have to be defensive. You can always come back. We can make them back because he is a attacking leg spinner. Chahal is probably the best IPL bowlers so far. We should support him in every situation.”
Match condition
Due to rain, this match was reduced to 14-14 overs. RCB scored 95 runs while batting first. During this time his batting was disappointing and only Tim David took an unbeaten innings of 50 runs while handling the innings. In response, Punjab achieved this target in 12.1 overs. For the team, Nehal Vadhera played a brilliant innings of 33 runs from 19 balls. However, Tim David was adjudged Player of the Match for his excellent performance despite RCB’s defeat.
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