IPL 2025: Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy Punjab Kings created history on Tuesday, defending 111 runs in front of Kolkata Knight Riders and won by 16 runs. Preeti Zinta was quite happy after the victory, she met all the players on the field and congratulated her. He also hugged the player of the match Yuzvendra Chahal. Although even after the victory, the mistress of the Punjab team was trembling, he himself told this to the coach!

Chasing 112 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders had a score of 62/2, wanted 50 runs in 75 balls and till this time no one thought that Punjab Kings could win the match from here. But Yuzvendra Chahal broke the partnership and lbw out LBD, the same proved to be the turning point of the match as KKR batsmen collapsed like cards from here. Preeti Zinta’s despair turned into happiness.

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Was Preeti Zinta trembling?

Punjab Kings mistress Preeti first went to the ground after winning, congratulating all the players including captain Shreyas Iyer. During this time she met coach Ricky Ponting and hugged her. After this, she asked the coach to touch both her hands, perhaps she was telling that she is still trembling because she is seen in the video that both her hands are trembling.

Preity zinta was really happy with performance of punjab kings today.
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After this, she went to Yuzvendra Chahal, who became the player of the match, who overturned by losing 4 important wickets. Chahal hunted Angris Raghuvanshi (37), Rinku Singh (2) and Ramandeep Singh (0) after Ajinkya Rahane (17).

Pbks vs kkr playing 11: Today, Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer, will play against Kolkata Knight Riders at its home ground. This match will be special because Iyer made KKR the champion under his captaincy last year, today he will be in front of the same team. This match will be played today (15 April) at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium from 7:30 pm. Know which playing 11 can both teams land with.

Punjab Kings will have to change the playing 11 as their star bowler is out due to injury. The bowling coach of the team has confirmed that his injury is serious and it is difficult to recover by the end of the tournament. At the same time, KKR is commanded by Ajinkya Rahane. Punjab has won 3 out of 5 matches, KKR has won 3 out of 6 matches. KKR is ahead of Punjab on the basis of net run rate. KKR is 5th in the table and Punjab is sixth in the table.

Who will replace Lockie Ferguson

Ferguson is out of the tournament due to injury. He was hurt in the last match against Hyderabad, after which he went out of the field. Shreyas Iyer Playing 11 can replace him with Xavier Bartlet.

PBKS possible playing eleven against KKR

Simran Singh (wicket -keeper), Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Priyansh Arya, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Javier Bartellet.

KKR’s possible playing eleven against PBKS

Quinton Dickock (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Naren, Moin Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana.

Weather condition

Today Chandigarh will be cloudy but there is no possibility of rain. The temperature will be up to 30 degrees Celsius during the match. Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders will not disturb the rain in the match.

Shreyas iyer video: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer got angry at the umpire during the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad when he indicated DRS without seeing him. Shreyas Iyer was desperate because even while defending 245, there was no edge in Punjab’s bowling. With the brilliant innings of Abhishek Sharma’s 141 runs, Hyderabad achieved the target with 9 balls remaining and won by 8 wickets.

This incident is of 5th over during the batting of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Glenn Maxwell was bowling in the powerplay. On the second ball of the 5th over, the ball went to the keeper’s gloves through the leg side of the head, then both the keeper and the bowler appealed. The umpire immediately looked back and indicated DRS to the third umpire. But Shreyas Iyer became very angry here.

The umpire did not ask Shreyas Iyer?

However, the rule says that whether DRS is to be taken or not, the captain makes the decision and the umpire also has to accept the decision of DRS after his decision. But perhaps it did not happen at this time, so while coming towards the pitch, Shreyas Iyer shouted and told the umpire to ask me. During this, Iyer looked angry, although he later decided to take DRS himself. But it remained not out.

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Head scored 66 runs in 37 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 9 fours. Abhishek Sharma played a historic innings of 141 runs. This is the biggest personal innings played by the Indian batsman in the IPL.

Third defeat of Punjab Kings

Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings started with 2 wins but after that he has to face 2 defeats. The defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad was the second defeat of Punjab this season. After 3 wins out of 5, the team is at number six in the points table.

Srh vs pbks 2025: In the match played on Saturday, Punjab Kings won the toss and scored a big score of 245 while batting first. Shreyas Iyer batted 82 runs in 36 balls. But chasing the target, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head fell on the Punjab bowlers, both added 171 runs for the first wicket. Abhishek played a historic innings of 141 runs, winning the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets with 9 balls remaining.

After the match, Shreyas Iyer told where the team lost and why. Iyer said, “It was a great score. The way he won by chasing two overs remaining (9 balls), I am laughing at that”

Where did PBKS miss?

Shreyas Iyer said, “We could have taken two best catch. Abhishek Sharma was a little lucky, although he played a great innings. Catch you win the match and we are left behind. We did not bowl well, but we have to go back to the driving board.

Iyer said on Lockey’s injury, “It has a big impact. He is a player who can give you a wicket immediately. It was a big shock. He is a bowler who bowls at a speed of 140 all the time. Other bowlers also have to win the match. So there is no excuse. When we discussed there, we felt that I was one of the best innings in IPL.

Abhishek Sharma played record innings

Abhishek and Travis Head made the target of 246 modest, both added 171 runs for the first wicket. When the head was out, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 171 runs in 12.2 overs. Even after this, Abhishek’s stormy innings continued, he completed his century in 40 balls. He scored a historic innings of 141 runs in 55 balls, this is the biggest personal innings by the Indian batsman in IPL history.