“I felt I didn’t get the recognition I deserved for the IPL victory, but at the end of the day, if you have self-integits and continue when no one follows, that’s what really matters-and that’s what I kept doing,” I said, “Shreyas Iyer wondered.
It was not a quote created for cameras. It was a sentence soaked in silence – the species that persists after the lights disintegrated and the applause disappeared. Iyer was not just about cricket; He talked about what it was like to be invisible in sight.
When the captain of Kalkata Knight Riders, barely winning the IPL, but the presence of Gautam Gambhira, Chandrakant Pandit and Abhisheka Nayara in excavations, barely spoiled her leg.
Yet, when he led Mumbai to the title Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Madhya Pradesh, he proved that his captain was more than just performing instructions from secondary points.
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A few months later, Shreyas Iyer became the 17th Captain Pandjab Kings – Yes, Seventeenth. If he doesn’t tell you everything about the franchise identity crisis, there will be nothing.
But after years of mowing and changes, false moods and fleeting hopes, with one victory since their first title, PBKS finally found its sarpanch – a leader who worship fans, trusts the coach and the owners cannot stop smiling.
The leader who always had CSK in MS Dhoni, had in Rohit Sharma and RCB in Virt Kohl.
Infact, pandjab Kings Fans are going to Gaga over Shreyas. The Boundary Boys podcast clip, where the host promises Shreyas Iyer 100 acres of land, a 10-acro and even Canadian bride-VSE in one condition: management Kings Pandjab to their first IPL title.
Shreyas: Man with Midas touch
Shreyas Iyer is currently the sixth highest scorer in IPL 2025. With the kind permission: AP
Cricket rarely offers fairy tales, but often rewards endurance. Shreyas Iyer, once the basis of the Indian team, was overlooked in 2024 in the central contract after the missing home games in the early season-BCCI season. In February 2024, due to concerns about injuries, he withdrew from the match Trophy Ranji, which led to disciplinary proceedings.
His answer? Performance.
He returned to the home cricket and played a key role in a successful run in Mumbai – raised the wounds of Trophy, the Iranian cup and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Iyer then went back to the Indian side of ODI for England series and transferred this dynamics to the Trophy campaign, which won the title, where he appeared as a leading Indian shooter with 243 runs in five matches, including two half -hundreds.
Then, three months later, well after midnight on June 2, Shreyas Iyer played Gladiator Knock to Seal Pandjab Kings. With this he became only the second captain – after Mrs. Dhoni – to take more than one franchise to the IPL finals. It is more remarkable that he is the only one who led three different teams to the finals in the coming years.
Ponting
Shreyas Iyer flourished with Ricky Ponting as a coach. Courtesy: pti
Shares of Shreyas Iyera rose to RS 26.75 Crore-Druhá The highest offer of IPL auction in history-as Punjab’s persecuted persecution has finally succeeded. The vision and endurance of the newly appointed head coach Ricky Ponting was provided by Shreyas Iyer and drove PBK to its first final since 2014.
“I was quite glad to work with him again,” Ponting said. “It was obvious how much I appreciated him – we had a great work relationship in Delhi and even the finals in 2020 under his captain. He’s a good person. When you’re trying to build a winning culture, you need such people.”
Since his memory of the Indian ODI party in February, Shreyas has increased the habit of providing winning and impressive shifts across formats. In IPL 2025, as Pandjab’s captain, he led the front. After lost 1, Shreyas said his team lost the battle and not war. And the boy, he detonated as a real champion in the next game against the Indians in Mumbai and fought with a bowling attack led by Jasprit Bumrah to win 87, who won the match 87: probably one of his best shifts of his career IPL.
From anchor to enforcement
Last year he often played the second violin at Kr Shreyas. In Punjab, he had to bear a greater responsibility-as their designated authority in the line-up without high-ranking overseas stars.
Since the first match, Ponting spoke of the testimony of the new version of Shreyas: self -confident, assertive and fearless.
The numbers back up. For the first time Iyer exceeded 600 runs in the IPL season. Most of all, its strike rate – 175.80 – is far above his career T20 on average 133.40. After hitting only 30 six during the last three seasons, this year he broke 39.
Since last year, Shreyas has won every main trophy he chased – IPL 2024 with KKR, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with Mumbai and ICC Champions Trophy with India.
Is Captain Material Shreyas Iyer India?
Shreyas Iyer led three different teams to the IPL final. Courtesy: AP
Shreyas, who took the reins as the captain of the Kings in IPL 2025, transformed the side into the power that can be taken into account. His performance and wrestling-winning performances instilled the winning mentality in the group, which has long starved.
Now, his Success with Kings pandjab ruled interviews Around his suitability for the Indian captain.
Remember that Shreyas is not currently part of Indian tests or T20i. He was not selected for the upcoming series of England, nor did he appear in the last T20i series.
Yet the Indian MVP was in the championship trophy – where the team led by the Sharma remained undefeated.
His strategic Nous in IPL 2025, especially PBK, was the key to their first play -off in more than ten years.
“I said this time and again and I will say it again !! Iyer will be the captain of India in more formats !!
Sunil Gavascar also believes that Iyer did not receive the appropriate credit for winning the title of KKR in 2024 – perhaps indicating the dominant presence of Gambhira.
“All the pisses were given to someone else. He is a captain who affects what is happening on the pitch, not someone sitting in the excavation,” Gavascar said at Star Sports. “This year he gets credit. No one gives it a ponting.”
RCB vs pbks – Heritage on line
RCB and PBKS have never received the IPL title, although they have been part of the league since their foundation. Together with the capitals of Delhi, what social media lazy calls the “Holy Trinity” – franchises with loyal fans, which have learned to wear a heart break with humor and a sense of shared solidarity.
For Shreyas Iyer – 603, this season is running – the second consecutive IPL final tells its own story. Now he is the only player in the history of the tournament who led three different teams to the finals.
But it’s not just the endurance that defines it – it’s hungry. The same hunger that burned when he first entered the PBKS dressing room, still stimulates him before the biggest season.
On Tuesday, he will face the revitalized RCB side led by Indian teammate Virat Kohlim-player, who stood besides this painful semifinal loss on this country in 2023.
Despite his success, the captain and dough for DC, KKR and India have never been really accepted – not by franchise or national selectors. Somewhere on his way he even lost his central contract.
Now Shreyas leads a party that has never lifted the iPL trophy – but it has. Yet a team nor a nation never had a nation around them, because their own pandjab fans have their Sarpanch Sahab.
But the fight is far from over.
Tuesday’s victory would end the 18-year-old waiting of Punjab-and answered every uninhabited question about the leadership, intention of Shreyas Iyer.
This is no longer Shreyas Iyer, an overlooked captain.
This is Shreyas Iyer, a man who forced King Pandjab, believes.
And come on Tuesday evening, the world will watch.
Finally, Shreyas Iyer could see it as a real leader: Captain IPL Marvel.
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Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
June 3, 2025
Tune
