IPL 2025 mein Punjab Kings (PBKS) ke captain Shreyas Iyer ne ek aise match ka hissa banaya, jahan extremes kaafi clear the – ek taraf 245 runs defend nahi kar paaye Sunrisers Hyderabad ke against, aur doosri taraf, lowest total defend kiya gaya Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ke against. Yeh hi hai IPL ka unpredictability ka maza!
Iyer ne post-match reveal kiya ki unki captaincy puri tarah instincts par based hoti hai. Aur April 15 ko unka gut feeling tha – Yuzvendra Chahal hi game changer banega, especially jab unhone dekha ki ball kaafi turn ho rahi hai.
“It is hard to express in words. I was just backing my instincts. I saw the ball turn a bit, asked Yuzi to control his breathing as much as possible. We needed to be attacking and the right players were in the right places. It is tough to talk right now and such wins make it special,” – Shreyas Iyer
Result? Chahal ne sirf teen overs mein 4 wickets le liye, sirf 12 runs dekar. Ek spell jo match ka pura narrative hi badal gaya!
The moment where Yuzvendra Chahal turned the game 🪄
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Iyer ne bataya ki jab wo khud batting kar rahe the, tab unko surface ki tricky nature ka idea lag gaya tha. Ball kabhi low ja rahi thi, kabhi bat ka bottom lag raha tha. Sweeping shots almost impossible the.
“I personally felt, when I went out to bat, I faced two balls – one stayed low and one hit the bottom of the bat, people were finding it difficult to sweep. There was variable bounce… we got a decent total to be honest, looking at the win of 16 runs… We asked the bowlers to keep this in mind. And they executed it,” – Iyer
Unhone ye bhi bataya ki jab Chahal ne back-to-back wickets liye, tab team ka confidence sky-high ho gaya. Iyer ne fielders ko attacking positions mein daala taaki pressure banaya ja sake.
“Two wickets in two overs that gave us that kind of momentum… When we saw Yuzi came in and turn the ball, our hopes and expectations were higher… I wanted the field to be attacking and right in front of their face so that they make mistakes and the tide turned towards us,” – Iyer
Apne former franchise KKR ke against yeh badi jeet ke baad bhi Iyer ne kaha ki team ko humble rehna chahiye. Wo chahte hain ki team har match mein ground reality samjhe aur execution pe focus kare.
“It is important we stay humble and not get over-hyped with this win. It is important we take all the positives from this game and try to execute from ball one in the next game,” – Iyer
PBKS ne ab tak 6 matches mein se 4 jeete hain aur woh points table mein fourth spot par aa gaye hain. Unka agla match hai Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ke against, April 18 ko, unke home ground par. Kya Iyer ki magic captaincy wahan bhi kaam karegi? Stay tuned!
