Shashank Singh said on Shreyas Iyer: In his first match of IPL 2025 against Gujarat Titans (GT), Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer faced just four balls between the 17th and the 20th over and scored seven runs. He remained unbeaten after scoring 97 runs. The special thing is that even once in the death overs, he did not think of reaching three digits.
Shashank Singh, standing on a non-strayer with Shreyas, took a strike in the last three overs and rained fours and sixes for Punjab. Shashank said that Shreyas’s message was absolutely clear, ‘Don’t think about my century, just hit more and more fours.’ Shashank did exactly the same.
Shashank, who came to bat at number seven in the 16th over of PBKS’s innings, made his mark as a finisher in the last IPL. He scored an unbeaten 44 off just 16 balls against Gujarat, which included six fours and two sixes, leading Punjab to 243 for 5 wickets.
Don’t worry about my century.
Shashank told Star Sports during the innings break, ‘Honestly, Shreyas told me to the first ball not to worry about my century! I was just looking at the ball and reacting to it. ‘
Shreyas did not get a strike in the last over and Shashank scored 23 runs in the 20th over, hitting five fours off Mohammad Siraj. It eventually proved decisive as PBKS won the high -score match by 11 runs. If Shashank had thought of giving a strike to Shreyas so that he could complete his century, who knows what would have been the total score of Punjab?
I did not see the scoreboard.
Regarding the missing a century of Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh said, “I didn’t see the scoreboard, I thought of giving Shreyas a strike in the last over, but before I could say anything, the captain himself came to me and insisted that I should kill more and more boundary.”
Shashank told reporters in Ahmedabad, ‘I did not pay attention to the scoreboard. I shot the first ball, saw Shreyas on 97 runs. I did not say anything, he came to me and said, “Shashank, don’t worry about my century.” “Obviously I was about to ask him if I should give you a run or something, but it requires a lot of courage and courage, the centuries are not easily scored in the IPL.”
Shreyas inspired me.
This all -rounder from Chhattisgarh said, ‘Shreyas’s acting inspired me even more. Shreyas told me – Shashank, go and hit a four on every ball. This increased my confidence even more. This is a team game but it is difficult to be selfless in that moment, Shreyas was also one of them, I have known him for the last 10-15 years, he is still the same. We did well by the grace of God.
