Amazing fielding of Shreyas IyerImage Credit source: Screenshot/Star Sports
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer is doing something amazing in every match. By showing his captaincy and batting skills so far in IPL 2026, he has already given a strong start to the team. Now he has shown the magic of his fielding and has done something which left everyone who saw it astonished. During the match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians, Iyer neither took a catch nor was run out, but he brought great success to his team by flying in the air like a superman.
Bowling first in the match against Mumbai Indians Punjab The team was not impressing much with its fielding right from the beginning. An easy catch was missed in the beginning itself. After this, some run out opportunities were also missed and isolated instances of misfielding were also seen. The team had to bear the brunt of this, which started well but then got beaten badly.
Iyer showed the magic of fielding
Despite this, in the last overs, Punjab captain Iyer himself responded to the criticism regarding fielding with his magic. Marco Janson was bowling in the 18th over of the innings. Hardik had increased Punjab’s troubles by hitting a six on the very first ball of his over. Then on the third ball, Hardik tried the same again but this time his attempt to cross the long-on boundary failed and the reason for this was Iyer.
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The Punjab captain posted at the boundary took the catch by jumping high in the air. But as soon as the catch came in his hands, he immediately understood that he would fall beyond the boundary. In such a situation, within microseconds, Iyer threw the ball back inside the field during that jump, where Xavier Bartlett caught it. This surprising catch shocked everyone.
Rohit-Surya were surprised
But Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and other players of Mumbai Indians were most surprised because Shreyas had done this feat exactly one meter away from the dug out of Mumbai Indians. Due to this catch, Hardik could score only 14 runs and the Mumbai team, which seemed to be going beyond 200 runs, stopped at the score of 195.
