1
4
1lb
4
2
W
= 12
Match Details
GT vs PBKS 5th Match, IPL 2025
GT
232-520.0
Punjab Kings won by 11 runs 🏆
PBKS
20.0243-5
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P'ship : 7(2)
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Another high-scoring thriller in IPL 2025! Punjab Kings kickstart their season with a crucial away win against the Titans. What an introduction for Vyshak Vijaykumar as an Impact Sub! Credit where it's due—the visitors executed their plans to perfection and bagged two crucial points at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
The action now shifts to Guwahati tomorrow, where the Rajasthan Royals take on the Kolkata Knight Riders. For now, this is Pritam Dey signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and Ninaad Dixit who, along with scorers/analysts Paras Yadav and Raju Khariya brought all the actions of this clash. Aman was once again our statistician for the day. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world. BYE BYE👋
The action now shifts to Guwahati tomorrow, where the Rajasthan Royals take on the Kolkata Knight Riders. For now, this is Pritam Dey signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and Ninaad Dixit who, along with scorers/analysts Paras Yadav and Raju Khariya brought all the actions of this clash. Aman was once again our statistician for the day. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world. BYE BYE👋
Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings Captain & POTM): "Delighted to be honest. Getting my 97* in my first match for a new franchise and that too in the opening game of the season is icing on the cake for me.
Yeah it was important for me to go ahead and adapt as quick as possible. I got a boundary in my first ball and it gave me a lot of confidence. Also that flick six of Rabada. Also, Priyansh Arya played a brilliant knock. I was talking to him on how important timing is in this wicket. I think we adapted pretty quickly.
(On Shashank Singh) You see, he scored 44 runs in just 17-18 odd balls. That was pretty crucial for the team. Getting those extra 40 runs after 200 was very important for us. With the dew coming in, we knew that the scenario will be changing. The way he performed was just brilliant.
(On Vyshak Vijaykumar) To be honest, he is a funny character. His attitude is stupendous. Credit goes to him with the way he kept his calm and executed his plans pretty well. It was magnificent to watch from outside.
I think Arshdeep played an important role out there. He walked up to me and said that the ball was reversing a bit. So the saliva was kind of helping the bowlers as well. So he came in with a plan of bowling wide yorkers and that helped us a lot.
See before the season, we worked really hard in terms of preparation. Everyone chipped in during the team meeting and I feel all of these small aspects turns out to be very important for us and I feel as a team we did a good job tonight."
Yeah it was important for me to go ahead and adapt as quick as possible. I got a boundary in my first ball and it gave me a lot of confidence. Also that flick six of Rabada. Also, Priyansh Arya played a brilliant knock. I was talking to him on how important timing is in this wicket. I think we adapted pretty quickly.
(On Shashank Singh) You see, he scored 44 runs in just 17-18 odd balls. That was pretty crucial for the team. Getting those extra 40 runs after 200 was very important for us. With the dew coming in, we knew that the scenario will be changing. The way he performed was just brilliant.
(On Vyshak Vijaykumar) To be honest, he is a funny character. His attitude is stupendous. Credit goes to him with the way he kept his calm and executed his plans pretty well. It was magnificent to watch from outside.
I think Arshdeep played an important role out there. He walked up to me and said that the ball was reversing a bit. So the saliva was kind of helping the bowlers as well. So he came in with a plan of bowling wide yorkers and that helped us a lot.
See before the season, we worked really hard in terms of preparation. Everyone chipped in during the team meeting and I feel all of these small aspects turns out to be very important for us and I feel as a team we did a good job tonight."
Player of the Match: Shreyas Iyer
Most Dot Balls of the Match: Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (12 Dot Balls)
Most Fours of the Match: Priyansh Arya (7 Fours)
Super Sixes of the Match: Shreyas Iyer (9 Sixes)
Most Fantasy Points of the Match: Shreyas Iyer
Super Striker of the Match: Shashank Singh (SR: 275)
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