Shreyas Iyer

132 articles tagged with "Shreyas Iyer"

May 18, 2026

BCCI source calls the Shreyas Iyer captaincy reports baseless as the Suryakumar Yadav question refuses to go away

A second wave of reports has named Shreyas Iyer as the leading candidate to take over from Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain after IPL 2026. A...

May 17, 2026

From 6-0 to six losses in a row: how Punjab Kings’ IPL 2026 slipped off a cliff

Punjab Kings went 6-0 across their opening seven matches and now sit one league game from a missed playoff with six straight defeats and a slim points...

May 16, 2026

PBKS host the team that beat them in the 2025 final as RCB head to Dharamsala one win from sealing the top two

Royal Challengers Bengaluru travel to Dharamsala on Sunday with a chance to lock in their playoff berth and a top-two finish against a Punjab Kings si...

May 14, 2026

Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 75 off 33 carries MI past PBKS at Dharamsala as Punjab’s slide stretches to five

Mumbai Indians needed 15 from the last over against Xavier Bartlett, but Tilak Varma struck two sixes off the final two balls he faced to finish unbea...

May 14, 2026

Pujara’s blunt verdict on KKR’s playoff hopes is just the math catching up to a two-year drift

After the Raipur defeat, Cheteshwar Pujara called KKR’s playoffs chances ‘very slim’, and the arithmetic, plus a second straight title defence going s...

May 14, 2026

PBKS need Dharamsala to halt the slide as MI roll in eliminated and short of Pandya

Punjab Kings can settle the playoff math themselves with a Thursday win in Dharamsala, but they take on an eliminated Mumbai Indians side with Hardik...

May 11, 2026

From record chase to four straight losses: how PBKS’s IPL 2026 came unstuck

Two weeks ago Punjab Kings were six from seven with a world-record T20 chase on the books. Four games on and they are still fourth, still in the playo...

May 11, 2026

Axar and Miller drag DC across the line at Dharamsala as Madhav Tiwari marks his IPL 2026 return

Axar Patel’s 56 off 30 and David Miller’s 51 off 28 powered DC’s three-wicket chase of 211, while Madhav Tiwari finished with 2 for 40 and an unbeaten...

May 11, 2026

PBKS and DC meet at Dharamsala with three losses, one miracle and the top spot all on the table

Punjab Kings can climb back to the IPL 2026 summit with a win at the HPCA, while Delhi Capitals arrive with their playoff hopes hanging on a perfect r...

May 9, 2026

Sanju Samson moves ahead of Shreyas Iyer in race to replace Suryakumar as India’s T20I captain

Fresh reports place Sanju Samson at the front of the BCCI’s thinking to take India’s T20I captaincy from Suryakumar Yadav, with Shreyas Iyer’s strong...

May 7, 2026

Connolly’s record 107 not out lifts him past de Kock and Warner as Punjab slip again

Cooper Connolly became the youngest overseas IPL centurion at 22 years 257 days with an unbeaten 107 off 59 balls, but his maiden hundred was not enou...

May 6, 2026

Sehwag and Tiwary turn on Iyer’s bowling calls as PBKS slip to a second straight loss

Former India stars Virender Sehwag and Manoj Tiwary have flagged Shreyas Iyer’s last-over choice and Yuzvendra Chahal’s underuse after Punjab Kings’ f...

May 6, 2026

SRH host PBKS at Uppal with both sides hunting an end to back-to-back stumbles

Punjab Kings still top the IPL 2026 table but have lost twice in a row. Sunrisers Hyderabad need a win to climb above them. The seeding race lands at...

May 3, 2026

Punjab head to Ahmedabad to bury this week’s loss as Gujarat hunt three in a row

Punjab Kings sit top with 13 points but suffered their first defeat of the season last week. Gujarat Titans have won two in a row. Match 46 at the Nar...

Apr 28, 2026

Punjab put a six-win record on the line at Mullanpur as Rajasthan arrive on a one-from-four run

Punjab Kings are the only unbeaten team in IPL 2026 and host fourth-placed Rajasthan in match 40 on Tuesday night. Rajasthan have won the last two vis...

Apr 27, 2026

Six wins, one washout, and a captain who finally trusts his squad: Punjab Kings have built the IPL 2026 team of the season

Punjab Kings sit on top of IPL 2026 with six wins, one no result, and the highest net run rate in the league. After eighteen seasons of nearly always...

Apr 25, 2026

Punjab chase 265 in 18.5 overs to break the highest successful T20 chase ever set

Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings hauled down 265 against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to set the highest successful chase in IPL and T20 hist...

Apr 25, 2026

Punjab Kings take their unbeaten run to Delhi as Priyansh Arya tests Axar Patel’s powerplay plans

Punjab Kings have won every match they’ve finished in IPL 2026 and sit top of the table on 11 points. Delhi Capitals, sixth on six points, get them at...

Apr 21, 2026

Six games, no defeats: how Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings quietly broke an IPL record that stood for a decade

Punjab Kings have started IPL 2026 better than any team in the competition’s history. Five wins and a no-result from their opening six matches have ta...

Apr 19, 2026

Priyansh Arya’s 93 off 37 and a Connolly masterclass power PBKS to 254 and a 54-run win over LSG

A 182-run stand between Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly took Punjab Kings to 254 for seven at Mullanpur, leaving Lucknow Super Giants with an imposs...

Apr 19, 2026

Table-toppers Punjab Kings host a struggling Lucknow Super Giants under the Mullanpur lights

Punjab Kings go into Sunday night’s home fixture against Lucknow Super Giants as the only unbeaten side in IPL 2026 and clear leaders on the table. LS...

Apr 16, 2026

Prabhsimran and Iyer power Punjab Kings to seven-wicket rout of Mumbai Indians

Punjab Kings chased down 196 in just 16.3 overs at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, with Prabhsimran Singh’s 80 not out off 39 balls and Shreyas Iyer...

Apr 16, 2026

Mumbai Indians host table-topping Punjab Kings at Wankhede with Rohit fitness a major worry

Mumbai Indians welcome Shreyas Iyer’s in-form Punjab Kings to the Wankhede on Thursday night, with Rohit Sharma’s hamstring injury leaving MI’s top or...

Apr 14, 2026

Rajasthan’s perfect start is over and the IPL 2026 title race is suddenly wide open

Rajasthan Royals’ first defeat of IPL 2026 has cracked the league open, with Punjab Kings, RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad all ready to make the table the...