GT vs PBKS: Shreyas Iyer Shines in a Close IPL 2025 Clash
Punjab Kings scored 243 runs and lost 5 wickets (Shreyas Iyer 97*, Priyansh Arya 47, Shashank Singh 44*, Sai Kishore 3-30), and restricted Gujarat Titans to 232 runs, losing 5 wickets (Sai Sudharsan 74, Jos Buttler 54, Rutherford 46, Shubman Gill 33, Arshdeep Singh 2-36) as PBKS won by 11 runs.
In the GT vs PBKS match, new and returning players caught the attention in the first week of IPL 2025. In the match played in Ahmedabad, last season’s winning captain Shreyas Iyer performed brilliantly and led his team Punjab Kings to victory with his second highest innings.
GT vs PBKS: Shreyas Iyer’s tremendous performance
Shreyas Iyer got a chance to score a century in this match. When the final over started, he was on 97 off 42 balls, but didn’t get a chance to play a single ball. He told Shashank Singh not to worry about the century. Even before the start of the season, he had made it clear that he wanted to bat at No. 3, and showed the strength of his decision against GT in this match.
His innings included 9 sixes, which was the best performance of his IPL career. He molded his game in such a way to collect as many runs as possible. Shreyas Iyer knew that PBKS needed a big score because in 5 of the last 6 IPL matches, the team that was batting second was winning. He hit a six off the fourth ball of Kagiso Rabada at the start of his innings and then played big shots in the overs of Sai Kishore and Rashid Khan as well.
GT vs PBKS: Contribution of Priyansh Arya and Shashank Singh
Priyansh Arya, who had already received a lot of praise from coach Ricky Ponting, displayed his talent. He hit 8 of the team’s 12 fours during the powerplay, which was a great achievement against bowlers like Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada.
Shashank Singh also proved to be a key player for PBKS. He faced 16 balls in the death overs and hit half of them across the boundary. His best shot came in the final over, when he hit a six off Siraj and added crucial runs to the team’s score.
GT vs PBKS: Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler’s brilliant play
Sai Sudharsan also showcased his talent in this match, as he did against CSK in last season’s final. He scored 74 runs in 41 balls. Along with this, Jos Buttler also scored a half-century batting at number 3 for his new team GT.
GT vs PBKS: Vijaykumar Vaishak’s impact in bowling
Vijaykumar Vaishak contributed to the team’s victory by bowling the 15th over. They kept their balls in the right direction despite the dew-affected conditions and slowed down the pace of GT’s innings. While PBKS scored 77 runs in the last 5 overs, GT could only manage 50 runs, thus turning the result of the match in Punjab’s favour.
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