Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), today the contest is being played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gujarat Titans (GT). In this match, Punjab is headed by Shreyas Iyer, who has previously captained Delhi Capitals (DC) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). However, they are leading for the first time to Punjab Kings.
Shreyas Iyer, while batting at number three in this match, scored 6 runs as soon as he scored 6 runs. 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).
The third place is Rohit Sharma, former captain of Mumbai Indians (Mi), who scored 3986 runs in 158 matches. After this, Gautam Gambhir, David Warner and KL Rahul are included in this list. Now Shreyas Iyer has also become a part of this special club.
KKR has given IPL title
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the IPL title last year under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, but despite this he was released. Subsequently, when he attended the auction, many teams showed interest in him, but in the end Punjab Kings bought him for a large amount of Rs 26.75 crore. After this, he was also declared the new captain of the team.
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