Watch: Shreyas Iyer Hammers Prasidh Krishna For 24 Runs In Five Balls After Suffering Painful Blow
Iyer, in his first match for Punjab Kings as captain, remained unbeaten on 97 runs from 42 balls. He hammered five fours and nine sixes during his stay at the crease.
Shreyas Iyer was batting on 66 runs from 32 balls when Prasidh Krishna came out to bowl his third over of the match. The first ball bowled by Krishna hit Iyer’s rib cage, and he looked in pain. It looked like the painful blow will break his rhythm but it turned otherwise and the right-handedly switched gears and hit his India teammate for six, four, six, six and two runs on the next five balls to collect a total of 24 runs.
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The clip of Iyer’s superb batting was shared by fans on the internet, and it is now going viral.
FIYYERRRRR clutch! 🔥🤩#ShreyasIyer turning it on against #PrasidhKrishna was peak drama reminding us ???????????? ???????????? ????????????, ???????????????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????????????? ????????????! 💪🏻Watch LIVE action 👉 https://t.co/QRZv2TGMPY#IPLonJioStar 👉 #GTvPBKS, LIVE NOW on Star Sports 1, Star… pic.twitter.com/Bho1uo3ifp
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 25, 2025
Match 5. 16.5: Prasidh Krishna to Shreyas Iyer 6 runs, Punjab Kings 188/5 TATAIPL-2025-05 #GTvPBKS #TATAIPL #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/j3rSEYZ4el— Shailesh Gautam (@Shaileshgautam0) March 25, 2025
Iyer faced a total of 42 balls during his stay at the crease on Tuesday, and with the help of five fours and nine sixes, scored 97 runs. He was unlucky to miss out on a deserving maiden IPL century.
But his memorable show with the bat helped PBKS post a total of 243/5 against Gujarat Titans in match No. 5 of IPL 2025, currently underway at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Iyer becomes 5th captain to…
Iyer, who is making his IPL debut for PBKS on Tuesday after joining the franchise for Rs 26.75 crore in the mega auction last year, joined Ajinkya Rahane in an elite list. After coming out to toss before the start of the match, Iyer entered his name in the history books by becoming only the second Indian and fifth player overall in the world to lead three IPL teams.
Iyer has led Delhi Capitals in 41 IPL matches across three seasons and served as KKR captain in 29 matches.
Kumar Sangakkara was the first player to lead three teams in the IPL, and he was followed by Mahela Jayawardene, Steve Smith and Ajinkya Rahane.
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