Within the face of a game-defining over, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer stood tall to place Jasprit Bumrah’s ultimate try to tug off a miracle for Mumbai Indians to relaxation with an outstanding counter to a toe-crushing yorker within the IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 match in Ahmedabad within the early hours of Monday. The brilliance of Iyer’s craft even led the South African legend AB de Villiers to acknowledge the genius behind Iyer’s shot-making.
Chasing a 204-run goal, Punjab required 31 off three overs when MI skipper Hardik Pandya entrusted Bumrah to bowl out and maybe pull the sport again of their favour. Aiming proper on the stumps with a pinpoint 140-kph-plus yorker, Bumrah almost shattered the bottom of the middle-stump earlier than Iyer’s beautiful reflexes transformed the block-hole supply into 4 runs by digging it out with a last-moment slice previous the short-third man fielder to the boundary.
“That’s the shot of the IPL for me. That’s hitting the middle-stump – the right yorker. That’s actually breaking the toe of the bat. You possibly can’t get that away. That’s perhaps breaking my stumps if I’m dealing with it. He will get a 4 off that and places the strain straight again on MI towards the perfect bowler on the earth. Simply unbelievable batting – pure, brute pressure and power. What a unbelievable participant!” raved AB de Villiers as he spoke to JioCinema.
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Iyer completed unbeaten on 87 off 41 balls as Punjab confirmed their first ultimate in 11 years within the Mumbaikar’s first 12 months in control of the squad.
“I don’t know the place to begin. I’m clearly an enormous fan. However that innings tonight was out of this world. He deserves each little bit of the reward coming his method. Beneath immense strain, understanding it was do-or-die, with the percentages stacked towards him – he stood tall.
“His sixes had been a pleasure to look at. His head was nonetheless, his positioning excellent. He’s calm, not boastful – level-headed, and I like that about him.
“There are numerous extra runs to come back from this man sooner or later. Shreyas Iyer, I salute you. What a knock,” remarked de Villiers.