Iyer did this feat in Panzab Kings vs Gujarat Titans match
In the ongoing season of IPL, Punjab King’s new captain Shreyas Iyer has won a special and historical record. Let us know that now he has become the 7th player to score 2000 runs as captain in the IPL.
With this, he has now joined an allite list of Dhoni-Kohli. When Shreyas came out to bat in the match being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad against Gujarat Titans, he was seen batting in a brilliant manner. So at the same time, looking at his innings, it seems that the second century of this season is going to be made, but this could not happen. He remained unbeaten scoring 97* runs with 5 fours and 9 sixes in 42 balls.
7 players who scored more than 2000+ runs as captain in IPL
Virat Kohli 142 innings – 4994 runs
MS Dhoni 196 innings – 4660 runs
Rohit Sharma 157 innings – 3986 runs
Gautam Gambhir 127 innings – 3518 runs
David Warner 83 innings – 3356 runs
KL Rahul 64 innings – 2691 runs
Shreyas Iyer 70 innings – 2052 runs
Punjab set a target of 244 runs to win in front of Gujarat
So at the same time, in this match, Punjab Kings have scored a total of 243 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs, batting first. Opener Priyansh Arya, who was making a debut for the team, scored an innings of 47 runs, while Shreyas Iyer played a captaincy innings of 97*. Apart from this, Shashank Singh played a brilliant innings of 44* runs in 16 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes.
On the other hand, when we talk about the bowling of Gujarat Titans, R Sai Kishore got 3 wickets. Apart from this, Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan got one success each. Well, now it will be worth seeing whether the Gujarat Titans can chase the target of 244 runs from Punjab Kings or not?
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