Shreyas Iyer
The 69th match in IPL 2025 will be played between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians today i.e. on 26 May at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Both teams have confirmed their place in the playoffs and now both teams are eyeing the top-2. If Punjab Kings have to finish the top-2 in the points table, then apart from defeating Mumbai today, Royal Challengers will be celebrated for Bangalore’s defeat. Currently, Punjab ranks second in 13 matches with 17 points in points table.
If Punjab has to win on Mumbai today, captain Shreyas Iyer will have to do wonders with the bat. Iyer is in great form this season and Punjab’s top run scorer also remains. His bat has brought 488 runs in 13 matches. During this period, his average was 48.80 and the strike rate was 172.43. He has scored 5 half -centuries so far. Today, Iyer will try to play a big innings against Mumbai Indians so that along with winning his team, he can make a long jump from the 10th position in the race of Orange Cap. During this time there will also be a special record on his target, for which he needs only one six.
Only one six away from special stage
Actually, Shreyas Iyer has hit 99 sixes in IPL as captain. As soon as he hit a six more, he will complete his 100 sixes as a captain in the IPL and will become the sixth captain to do so. So far, only 5 captains have done the feat of hitting 100 or more sixes in the IPL, which includes only one foreign captain. In the IPL, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, David Warner and KL Rahul have hit 100 or more sixes as captains. Dhoni is the only captain who has more than 200 sixes in IPL.
Captain who hit the most sixes in IPL
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 223
- Virat Kohli – 168
- Rohit Sharma – 158
- David Warner – 109
- KL Rahul – 105
- Shreyas Iyer – 99
- Sanju Samson – 99
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