Shreyas Iyer Punjab Kings, captained, lost by 6 wickets against Delhi Capitals in the 66th match of IPL 2025. The Punjab team scored 206 runs while batting first. With this defeat, captain Shreyas Iyer has a shameful record. He has become the first captain to fail to save the target of more than 200 runs in IPL history. In this case, he has left MS Dhoni behind.
Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 206 runs in 20 overs with the help of Shreyas Iyer’s half -century. Delhi Capitals achieved this target with 6 wickets and 3 balls remaining. The hero of Delhi’s victory was Sameer Rizvi, who scored an unbeaten innings of 58 runs off 25 balls. He was awarded the Player of the Match award for this brilliant innings.
This is the second time in IPL 2025 when Shreyas Iyer has failed to defend more than 200 scores. Earlier, Punjab Kings had to face defeat by 245 runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The most defeat as captain defending 200+ runs in IPL
4- Shreyas Iyer
3- MS Dhoni
3- Faf du Plessis
3- Shubman Gill
Team to lose 200 runs under Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy:
223 vs RR (2024) failed to defend
Failed to defend 261 runs against PBKS (2024)
Failed to defend 245 runs against SRH (2025)
Failed to defend 206 runs against DC (2025)*
Punjab Kings have also failed to defend more than 200 scores in IPL history. This is Punjab’s 7th defeat after scoring more than 200 runs. In this case, he has surpassed Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Crown of captain
Maximum defeat defending more than 200 scores:
7 – PBKS*
6 – RCB
5 – CSK
4 – KKR
4 – GT
2 – RR
2 – SRH
2 – DC
2 – LSG
0 – We
