Amazing work of Shreyas Iyer (Photo-PTI)
Shreyas Iyer vs Mumbai Indians: No matter how big the score is, no matter how difficult the challenge is, if Shreyas Iyer is standing at the crease then his team does not need to worry. Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has proved this in IPL 2026. Shreyas Iyer scored 66 runs in 35 balls against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium to help his team win by 7 wickets. Shreyas Iyer made a century partnership with Prabhsimran Singh who scored unbeaten 80 runs in 39 balls. Talking about Shreyas Iyer, this player proved his mettle by performing brilliantly in captaincy as well as fielding and batting.
Shreyas scored a hat-trick of half-centuries
Shreyas Iyer Has not played half-century innings only against Mumbai Indians. Before this, he had scored half-centuries in two more matches and led Punjab to victory. Meaning he has scored a hat-trick of half-centuries. The amazing thing is that all three of them have come while chasing the half-century score. Iyer scored 50 runs in 29 balls against Chennai Super Kings. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad he scored unbeaten 69 runs in 33 balls and now against Mumbai he scored 66 runs in 35 balls.
Shreyas Iyer likes to chase
Shreyas Iyer knows how to chase scores in IPL very well. This right-handed batsman has been batting amazingly while chasing since IPL 2025. While chasing since last season, Iyer has scored 458 runs in 11 innings at an average of 65.42. Shreyas Iyer’s strike rate has been 181.02 and he has scored 6 half-centuries. Let us tell you that in the matter of chase, Iyer has given a tough competition to Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli has scored 8 fifty plus scores while chasing since IPL 2024 and the team has won every time. Iyer has done this feat 7 times and Punjab has won the match all seven times. It is clear that Shreyas Iyer is currently the leader not only in captaincy but also in batting.
