IPL 2025: Shreyas Iyer's captaincy is amazing, Punjab Kings'

IPL 2025: In the very first match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings made a great start by defeating Gujarat Titans by 11 runs. The hero of this victory was captain Shreyas Iyer, who played a brilliant innings of 97 runs and played a masterstroke that changed the course of the match. When Gujarat’s victory was almost certain, a decision by Iyer changed the whole game. Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting revealed this decision, after which fans started targeting Gautam Gambhir on social media.

Ponting revealed, Punjab won due to Iyer’s decision

After the victory of Punjab Kings, coach Ricky Ponting told that when the Gujarat team was scoring runs fast, he asked Shreyas Iyer what would be the next move. Iyer without hesitation said that bring Vijaykumar Vishak, who can bowl yorkers and stop the Gujarat batsmen. This decision of Iyer completely changed the course of the match and gave Punjab Kings the victory.

Iyer’s masterstroke was successful

Bringing Vishak as an impact player was a big gamble for Iyer, which was completely successful. This fast bowler gave only 10 runs in the death overs and the Gujarat batsmen did not get a chance to play freely. Due to his tight bowling, Gujarat remained 11 runs away from the target. Even before this, Iyer’s captaincy was praised a lot, when he made KKR the IPL champion, but the credit for that victory was given to Gautam Gambhir.

Fans angry at Gambhir, Iyer got the credit

After this victory, the anger of the fans burst out on Gautam Gambhir. People say that when Iyer was the captain of KKR, Gambhir took credit for his hard work. Now that Iyer has won the first match for Punjab with his captaincy, fans have started considering him a real hero. If Punjab Kings continue to move forward in this style, then perhaps this team can also lift the IPL trophy this time!