Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer made a great debut with the new franchise. Iyer played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs against Gujarat Titans. During this stormy inning, he also got injured in the 17th over, but after that, he taught the painful fast bowler Prasidh Krishna such a lesson that he will not forget for the rest of his life. Shreyas Iyer thrashed him fiercely. Krishna was thrashed as well and Iyer's havoc was also wreaked on other bowlers of Gujarat.

Shreyas Iyer's painful revenge

In the 17th over, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna came to bowl and he bowled the first ball short of a length. This ball hit Iyer's ribs and he started groaning in pain. After that Iyer made Prasidh Krishna's condition worse on the next five balls. Iyer hit a six on Krishna's second bouncer. Hit a four on the third ball. He hit sixes on the fourth and fifth balls. He could have hit a six on the last ball as well but Tewatia saved four runs based on his brilliant fielding. Overall, Iyer hit 24 runs in this over.

Iyer could not score a century.

Iyer hit a total of 9 sixes and 5 fours in his innings but he could not score a century. He had to score only 3 runs in the last over to score a century but all 6 balls were played by Shashank Singh. Shashank Singh scored 23 runs in this over of Siraj. Let us tell you that this is the second time that Iyer returned to the pavilion unbeaten after being close to a century as a captain. In 2018, Iyer remained unbeaten on 93 against KKR. As a captain, Virat Kohli has remained unbeaten in the nineties for the most number of times, three times.

Gujarat bowlers were badly beaten.

Gujarat bowlers were badly beaten by Shreyas Iyer, Priyansh Arya, and Shashank Singh. Siraj conceded 54 runs in 4 overs. Rashid Khan conceded 48 runs. Prasidh Krishna conceded 41 runs in 4 overs. Arshad Khan conceded 21 runs in one over. Rabada conceded 41 runs. Sai Kishore was the only bowler who took 3 wickets by conceding just 30 runs in 4 overs.

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