Captain Iyer on 97 runs, last over … but senior player did not strike

New Delhi. The Indian Premier League is seeing more than one tremendous match every day. On Tuesday, Punjab Kings came out against the Gujarat Titans to play their first match and scored a huge score. The team scored 243 runs for 5 wickets. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 97 innings but could not complete the century. In the last over, he could have a chance to hit a century but his partner did not give a chance to come on strike. However, so many runs were scored in this over that the captain did not regret not completing the century.

The Punjab Kings batsmen were seen with the dreaded style against the Gujarat Titans team. Priyanus Arya came in the opening and scored 47 runs, after which the captain’s stormy innings was seen. On 42 balls, Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten innings of 97 runs, scoring 5 fours and 9 sixes. Although his century could have been completed, but in the team interest, his partner gave importance to making a big score.

Iyer’s century did not complete
Shashank Singh came out to bat in the last over of Punjab’s innings. The fans were waiting for their captain’s century but this could not happen. The team’s senior player Shashank Singh took the command in the last over and decided not to give the strike. He surprised Mohammad Siraj to the first ball. He took a strike back with 2 runs on the next ball. After this, two consecutive fours and also hit the last two balls. Siraj spent a total of 23 runs in this over. Punjab’s score reached 243 runs from 220 runs.