Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|01-05-2025
Shreyas iyer Superman Effort: In the 49th match of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings shattered the dream of reaching their playoffs by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 4 wickets in the match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk). With this victory, the Punjab team has reached second place in the points table while Chennai's team is at the last position.
Captain Shreyas Iyer played an important role in this victory of Punjab. He played an innings of 72 runs in 41 balls with the bat, but before that he was seen doing amazing in fielding too. In the 16th over of CSK's innings, he did such a great fielding on the boundary that everyone was stunned. Sam Karan hit a long-off on the ball of Suryansh Shedge and it seemed that the ball would go for sixes across the boundary but Shreyas Aiyar standing near the boundary stopped the ball to jump in the air.
However, it could have been a catch, but Iyer knew that he was going to cross the boundary and then he maintained his balance and after catching the ball, he threw the ball inside the boundary. In this way, he converted this six into two runs. You can watch the video of his magnificent fielding below.
Talking about this match, Chennai started staggering while batting first after losing the toss. The team lost 3 wickets for 48 runs. But then Sam Karan (88 runs, 47 balls, 9 fours, 4 sixes) and Dewald Bravis (32 runs) shared a 78 -run partnership. Karan played the best innings of his IPL career and took Chennai beyond 190. Punjab Kings started chasing the target of 191 runs. Priyansh Arya (23 runs) was dismissed early, but Prabhasimran Singh (54 runs, 36 balls) and captain Shreyas Iyer made a half -century partnership. After Prabhasimran was dismissed, Iyer held the innings and played 72 runs (5 fours, 4 sixes) in 41 balls. Shashank Singh (23 runs) contributed significantly in the final overs. Punjab won the match by 4 wickets by making 194/6 in 19.4 overs.