Shreyas Iyer 97 not out: Why did Shreyas Iyer remain not out on 97 runs in the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans on 25 April? In his first match of IPL 2025 against Gujarat Titans (GT), Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer faced only four balls and scored seven runs between the 17th and 20th overs of Punjab Kings (PBKS) innings. He returned not out after scoring 97 runs. The special thing was that not even once in the death overs did the thought of reaching three figures come to his mind. Shashank Singh, who was at non-striker with Shreyas, took the strike in the last three overs and hit a flurry of fours and sixes for Punjab. Shashank said that Shreyas’ message was very clear – don’t think about my century, just hit as many fours as you can. Shashank did exactly that. Shashank, who came to bat at number seven in the 16th over of PBKS’ innings and made his mark as a finisher in the last IPL, scored an unbeaten 44 off just 16 balls against Gujarat, which included six fours and two sixes, taking Punjab’s score to 243 for 5. Shashank told Star Sports during the innings break – To be honest, Shreyas said from the first ball itself that don’t worry about my century! I was just watching the ball and reacting to it. Shreyas did not get the strike in the last over and Shashank scored 23 runs by hitting five fours off Mohammed Siraj in the 20th over. In the end, this proved to be the deciding factor as PBKS won the high-scoring match by 11 runs. If Shashank had thought of giving the strike to Shreyas so that he could complete his century.
Shashank Singh on Shreyas Iyer: ‘Don’t worry about the century…’, why did Shreyas Iyer remain not out on 97, Shashank Singh revealed this secret.
