In IPL 2025, there was a contest between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings on Tuesday. Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab won the match by 11 runs. But more than this match is being discussed for the last over of Punjab Kings innings.
The reason is that Shreyas Iyer was on 97 runs after the end of 19 overs, but he did not get a strike in the last over. Shashank Singh, who scored 44 off 16 balls, played all the balls. After the match, he made a big disclosure about this.
Shreyas Iyer said this to Shashank
When the 20th over of Punjab’s innings started, Shreyas Iyer stood at the non-strayer ending 97 runs. Shashank hit five fours in this over of Mohammad Siraj, due to which Iyer did not get a chance to bat. Shashank, who scored an unbeaten 44 runs, said that Iyer did not ask him to rotate the strike.
After the Punjab Kings’s 11 -run win, Shashank Singh told reporters, “To be honest, I did not see the scoreboard. But after hitting the first ball, I saw the scoreboard and Shreyas was on 97 runs. I did not say anything. He came to me and said to me, Shashank, Shashank, don’t worry about my century.
Shashank Singh praised Shreyas Iyer
Shashank said that to say this, a big heart and courage is needed, because in T20, especially centuries in IPL are not easily scored. Shashank said that Iyer’s message was clear: Keep attacking the bowlers. He said that Shreyas told me to go to Shashank and try to hit a four or six on every ball. This gave me more confidence. We all know that eventually it is a team game, but still it is difficult to be selfless in such circumstances. But Shreyas is one of them. I have known them for the last 10-15 years. There has been no change in it at all.
