Shreyas Iyer is leading Punjab Kings in IPL 2025, and he played a match-winning knock for the Mohali-based franchise in Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians.
Shreyas Iyer is leading Punjab Kings in IPL 2025, and on Sunday (June 1), he entered his name in the history books by becoming the first captain in the world to lead three different teams to the IPL final.
Iyer played a super knock for the Mohali-based franchise in the second qualifier of IPL 2025 against Mumbai Indians at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. He remained unbeaten on 87 runs from 41 balls and, during his stay at the crease, hammered five fours and eight sixes.
His memorable knock helped PBKS chase down the 204-run target in 19 overs for the loss of five wickets and book a place in the IPL 2025 final.
Iyer made his captaincy debut in the IPL for Delhi Capitals during the 2018 edition and led them to the IPL final in the 2020 edition, where they finished as runner-up. He captained Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022 and 2024 and won his maiden IPL title as captain with the Kolkata-based franchise last year.
By leading PBKS to the IPL 2025 final, Iyer also becomes the fourth captain in the world after MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya to play back-to-back IPL finals and the first captain to play back-to-back finals with two different teams.
Captains to play back-to-back IPL finals
- MS Dhoni – Chennai Super Kings (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and (2018, 2019)
- Rohit Sharma – Mumbai Indians (2019 2020)
- Hardik Pandya – Gujarat Titans (2022 2023)
- Shreyas Iyer – Kolkata Knight Riders (2024) and Punjab Kings (2025)
Shreyas Iyer’s record as captain
- 2019: Delhi Capitals (Playoffs)
- 2020: Delhi Capitals (Final)
- 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders (7th)
- 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders (Champion)
- 2025: Punjab Kings (Final*)
In the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2025, Iyer came out to bat at No. 4 and added 84 runs for the fourth wicket with Nehal Wadhera (48 runs) and 38 runs for the sixth wicket with Marcus Stoinis (2 runs).
Iyer’s super knock with the bat also helped Punjab Kings become the first team in IPL history to chase down a target of more than 200 runs against Mumbai Indians.
