Delhi: In the 5th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 11 runs. This exciting match was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where PBKS batted first and scored a huge score of 243/5. Team captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 97* runs while performing brilliantly.
Match accounting
Opener Priyansh Arya (47) made a fast start for the Punjab team, after which Iyer handled the innings. In the final overs, Shashank (44* runs, 16 balls) batted quickly to bring the team to a big score. Shubman Gill (33) and Sai Sudarshan (74) got a good start to the GT team chasing the target. After this, Sherfen Rutherford (46) and Jose Butler (54) fought, but the team reached 232/5 runs and lost the match by 11 runs.
Iyer’s great performance
Shreyas Iyer scored his highest score in the IPL in this match. Iyer, who came to the crease after the first wicket of PBKS fell on the score of 28 runs, took the news of GT bowlers fiercely. He completed a half -century in 27 balls and scored an unbeaten 97* run off 42 balls with the help of 5 fours and 9 sixes. During this, he also played an unwavering partnership of 81 runs with Shashank.
Iyer completed 6,000 T20 runs
In this match, Iyer completed 6,000 runs of his T20 career as soon as I scored the 26th run. He has so far scored 6,071 runs in 224 T20 matches, including 3 centuries and 37 half-centuries. At the same time, he has scored 1,104 runs in 51 matches in T20 international cricket at an average of 30.66.
Rashid Khan completed 150 IPL wickets
Gujarat Titans star spinner Rashid Khan completed 150 wickets of his IPL career in this match. He achieved this feat in 122 matches. However, he lags behind Yuzvendra Chahal (118 matches) and Lasith Malinga (105 matches) in this matter. In this match, Rashid took 1 wicket for 48 runs in 4 overs.
Glenn Maxwell’s unwanted record
Gujarat Titans all -rounder Glenn Maxwell was out for zero on the first ball. With this, he has become the highest (19 times) batsmen out of zero in IPL. He overtook Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik (18-18 times) in this case.
Shreyas Iyer’s great record
Iyer batted at number three in this match as soon as he scored 6 runs, he made a big achievement in his name. He has become the seventh batsman in the world to complete 2000 runs as captain in the IPL. At the forefront of this list, Virat Kohli is, who captained Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from 2011 to 2023, scored 4994 runs in 143 matches. After him comes the name of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in this list, who has scored 4660 runs in 226 matches, captaining Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
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