Shreyas Iyer: A selfless captain, who prioritized the team above all.

Delhi: All of them know that the more Shreyas Iyer is in the cricket talent, the more in today PR is as far as compared to some other star cricketers. That is why his cricket was neither praised in Team India nor in IPL. Now he himself is saying that after winning the title with KKR, he did not get the recognition he deserved. Well, the show of IPL 2025 with the new team Punjab Kings started with a better identity and in the very first match of their captaincy, the team registered an exciting win by 11 runs.

He ignored his century for the team

In the last over, Shreyas kept waiting for the opportunity to score 3 runs for his 100 on the team score (who is judged by the margin of victory). Even though he was not on strike, the striker Shashank Singh did not order to quickly give the strike to Shreyas so that he could complete his 100. Noted that there was no pressure like achieving a goal at that time and if both the batsmen of Punjab Kings on the pitch had done so, it would not have been surprising. As captain, Shreyas gave more importance than his record of 100 records and all the balls of the 20th over were played by Shashank Singh. Well, these 97* IPL of Shreyas Iyer will be counted more than 100 importance.

It seems that Shreyas Iyer has got used to scoring better on debut as captain for different teams in IPL.

Shreyas Iyer on captaincy debut

• Delhi Capitals For: 93* (40 ball)
• Kolkata Knight Riders For: 20* (19 balls)
• Punjab kings For: 97* (42 balls)

• By the way, Shreyas Iyer, who was not out on the 90 score in IPL, is not the first captain. See record:
• 94* – Virender Sehwag.
• 93* – Virat KohliRCB vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (2013)
• 98* – Rohit SharmaMumbai Indians vs KKR (2015)
• 90* – Gautam GambhirKKR vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (2016)
• 90* – David warnerSunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (2016)
• 93* – David warnerSunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Lions (2016)
• 92* – Virat Kohli, RCB vs Mumbai Indians (2018)
• 93* – Shreyas IyerDelhi Capitals vs KKR (2018)
• 97* – Dinesh karthikKKR vs Rajasthan Royals (2019)
• 90* – Virat Kohli, RCB vs Chennai Super Kings (2020)
• 91* – KL RahulPunjab Kings vs RCB (2021)
• 99* – Mayank AggarwalPunjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals (2021): The special thing was that the strike was with Mayank Agarwal himself and he scored 23 runs in the 20th over but he could not complete 100.
• 98* – KL Rahul, Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings (2021)
• 99* – Shikhar Dhawan.
• 97* – Shreyas IyerPunjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans (2025)

Note two fun records:

• The last 5 names in the list above are from the captains of Punjab Kings.
• There are 3 batsmen in the IPL who have a score of 90+ but never made 100. One name in this list is also of Shreyas Iyer:
  Glenn Maxwell (Top score 95)
  Faf du Plessis (Top score 96)
  Shreyas Iyer (Top score 97*)

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