Shreyas Iyer is confidence personified. He is main Punjab Kings properly and that’s mirrored in his batting too.
The trendy right-hander, who scored a half-century in PBKS’ four-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match right here on Wednesday, earned reward from coach Ricky Ponting.
The former Australia captain hailed Shreyas’ evolution as a frontrunner, saying that his understanding of game conditions is better than ever earlier than.
The duo has been reunited this season at Punjab Kings after having labored collectively at Delhi Capitals, the place they’d led DC to the playoffs from 2019 to 2021, together with a closing look in 2020.
“He’s a lot more confident in himself now than he was, and that comes with experience,” Ponting mentioned.
“He’s a more mature player now. I think he understands the game and game situations probably better than ever before,” the PBKS coach mentioned of Shreyas, who has made 360 runs in 10 video games.
Shreyas led Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title final season however was launched earlier than the mega public sale. PBKS secured him for Rs. 26.75 crore.
“I mean, he won the IPL last year as a captain. So, when you’ve done that and you’ve got that experience behind you and you believe and trust in your own instincts, I think that’s the biggest thing with captaincy, especially in a T20 game when everything around you is happening so fast,” Ponting mentioned.
Published – May 01, 2025 07:43 pm IST
