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Captain Shreyas Iyer did not care about his century, after winning the fellow player’s big disclosure

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Shreyas Iyer and Marcus Stoynis

In the 5th match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 11 runs to register a stunning win. In this match, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 97 while batting, which scored a huge score of 243 runs. Although Iyer remained just 3 runs away from a century, he preferred the victory of the team more than his personal achievement. Punjab Kings explosive batsman Shashank Singh put a shrew of fours in a stormy style in the last over, which could not get the strike again and was unbeaten on 97 runs. Now Shashank made a big disclosure that Iyer had asked him to play big shots without any pressure.

After the victory, Shashank said that captain Shreyas Iyer had instructed him to play big shots without cares about his century. Before the start of the 20th over, Iyer was standing at non -striker end after scoring 97 runs. After this, Shashank hit five fours in the last over, due to which Iyer did not get a chance to bat and remained 3 runs away from the century.

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Shashank told that after he saw the scoreboard after hitting the first four, Shreyas was on 97 runs. But the captain came to me and said – ‘Shashank, don’t worry about my century, just keep attacking.’ Hearing this, his confidence increased further. Shashank further said that in T20, especially in IPL, it is not easy to score a century. But what Shreyas said needs great heart and courage. He asked him to try to hit a four or a six on every ball. This is a team game, but still it is not easy to play selflessly in such circumstances. Shreyas is like this from the beginning, he has known him for 10-15 years and he has not changed at all.

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This attitude of Shreyas Iyer is a positive sign for the Punjab Kings team. Under his captaincy, the team has made a great start of IPL 2025 and the team would like to maintain this great performance. Punjab will take on Lucknow Super Giants on 1 April in its second match.

(PTI Inputs)

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