Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 qualifier 1, Punjab Kings (PBKS) suffered a crushing defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Punjab’s team was all out for 101 runs, which is the lowest score in playoff history. RCB achieved this target in just 10 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.

Iyer descended after a quick wicket fell

Punjab’s innings started poorly and the team lost two wickets for 27 runs in 3 overs. In this situation, captain Shreyas Iyer came to bat. But he scored just 2 runs and caught wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma off Josh Hazlewood.

Tom Moody’s strict comment

After the match, former Australian cricketer and commentator Tom Moody questioned Shreyas Iyer’s batting. In Espncricinfo’s show ‘Timeout’, he said, “Many times you have to play by keeping your ego on the side. Iyer had to just bear the balls of Hazlewood, but he did not understand the opportunity.”

Old collision between bowler and batsman

Moody told that Hazlewood has already dismissed Iyer many times. According to the data, Hazlewood has dismissed Iyer four times in six matches and Iyer has average of just 3 against him. Moody said, “Iyer knew that Hazlewood is dangerous for him, yet he played a strange shot and was dismissed on the third ball.”

Iyer’s performance in the season so far

Although his performance in qualifier 1 was poor, Iyer has been in tremendous form throughout the season. He has scored 516 runs in 15 innings so far, his average is 46.90 and the strike rate is 170.86. Along with this, he has also scored a half -century 5 times.

Now turn the qualifier 2

Punjab Kings will now get a chance to play in Qualifier 2, where they will compete with the winter winning team between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans on 1 June. The match will be played in Mullanpur and Iyer will have a good chance to return.