Ahmedabad: In the qualifier-2 of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets to make it to the finals. The Punjab Kings team managed to make it to the finals thanks to Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy innings. Iyer scored an unbeaten 87 in this match. With this victory, Iyer became the first captain to bring three teams to the finals.

After playing the captaincy innings, Shreyas Iyer also looks quite calm in the post match presentation. However, this run chase was not so easy. Because the Mumbai team never lost the match by defending 200 runs. In such a situation, Shreyas Iyer did not lose patience and kept herself calm even after falling wickets.

Nice to play on a big chance

After taking Punjab to the finals in the post match presentation, Iyer said that I like to play on big opportunities. I always tell myself and my team colleagues that the greater the chance, the more calm it should be. Only then do you get big results. Today’s match was an accurate example of this, where I myself was focusing on being calm.

Adopted an aggressive stance from the first ball

He further said that before the match, I had told all the players that the first ball would have to take an aggressive stand and the intentions should be clear. The team had a good start, although we could not stand on it. But the intention was tremendous. I also had to take some time in the beginning, but the batsmen were batting well from the other end. I know that the more time I spend on the field, both my game and my eyesight get better.

Shreyas Iyer created history as soon as Punjab Kings were transported to the finals, the first to do such a feat…

A necklace can’t tell what kind of team we are

After the defeat against RCB, we did not talk much this time where we made a mistake. We know what cricket we have played this season. Even though some players do not have experience of playing on big opportunities, they are courageous. A match cannot define us as a team. I am comfortable with team management and the atmosphere within the team is quite positive. I just want to live only in the present and do not want to think too much about the final. Because only half the work has been done.