Gt vs pbks: Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League 2025, defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs. Gujarat captain Shubman Gill had invited Punjab (GT vs PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer to bat first by defeating them in the toss, which Iyer confessed with both hands and contributed significantly to score a giant score of 243 runs in 20 overs. Iyer's bat saw a stormy innings of 97 not out of 42 balls in this match, for which he was given the title of Player of the Match.
Punjab Kings (GT vs Pbks) captain Shreyas Iyer played a fast -paced captaincy innings for his team and scored an unbeaten 97 off 42 balls, for which he was given the player of the match. After winning the title, Iyer said that
"It is a icing for us to score an unbeaten 97 in the first match and that too in the first match of the season. I hit the first ball and this increased my courage. A six off Rabada's ball. Shashank Singh scored 44 runs off 16–17 balls, he was very important for the team. We set a benchmark, for which we had to move forward. ''
After losing the toss, Punjab Kings (GT vs Pbks) started to bat first and his first wicket fell as Prabhasimran Singh on a score of just 27. After this, Iyer, who came out to bat at number three, not only handled the innings but also made a significant contribution with the captaincy innings with the bat. Captain Iyer hit 5 fours and 9 skyscrapers in his unbeaten 97 -run explosive innings.
He had started taking the Gujarat bowlers with the first ball and sending the ball directly to the audience gallery. Although Iyer missed out on completing his century by just 3 runs as he needed three runs to complete the century in the final over, but Shashank Singh gave one fours one fours in the last over in the last over, due to which he did not get a chance to take a single, but Punjab Kings (GT VS PBKS) were successful in reaching big scores.
