Captain Pandjab Kings Shreyas Iyer (PTI Photo) Shreyas Iyer etched his name on Sunday in history books when he became only the fifth captain who registered 50 wins in the Premier League (IPL). Landmark came when Pandjáb Kings (PBKS) featured around five times Mumbai Indians (Mi) in high qualifiers at Narendra Modi stadium, which after 2014 sealed the victory in five goals and after the second time after 2014.Iyer’s leadership in IPL was nothing remarkable. After Captain Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders, and now PBKS, he led in 85 matches, won 50 (including two via Super Over) and lost 34, with two without result, giving him a percentage percentage exceeding 57%. For DC he secured 23 wins in 41 matches, including finalists in 2020. In KKR Iyer won his third title IPL in 2023 with 17 wins in 29 games. And in his debut season with PBKS he has already registered nine wins in 15 matches, led to the top of the table with 60% win.In particular, Iyer is the only captain who took three different IPL franchises and the only one on the peak of the league scene with two different parties in consecutive seasons (KKR in 2023 and PBK in 2024).Quiz: Who is the IPL player?With this victory, Iyer joined the elite IPL Skippers with 50+ wins: MS Dhoni (136), Rohit Sharma (87), Gautam Gambhir (71) and Virt Kohli (66).First, the Indians from the bombje detonated the strong posts of the middle order to post 203/6. Rohit Sharma fell early for 8 years, while Jonny Bairstow looked promising before he left for 38 out of 24. Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav scored a brisk 44s before falling to the same score of 142.
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PBKS Bowlers shared prey. Azmatullah Omarzai lifted 2/43, while Jamieson, Stoinis, Vyhak and Chahal rushed through the goal by a piece.In response, PBKS had a shaky start when the Openers Prabhsimran Singh (6) and Priyansh Arya (20 out of 10) fell early. However, Josh Inglis (38 out of 21) and Nehal Wadher (48 out of 29) rebuilt shifts. The persecution was sealed by Captain Shreyas Iyer, who played the captain’s knocking, remained undefeated, and Marcus Stoinis, who held the nerves at the other end. PBKS chased the target in 19 overs.
