Punjab Kings appoint Rs 26.75 crore star as captain for IPL 2025

By News Update On Jan 13, 2025

Shreyas Iyer has been appointed as the captain of Punjab Kings (PBKS) for IPL 2025. The franchise secured Iyer for a massive 26.75 crores at the IPL mega auction.

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New Delhi: Shreyas Iyer has been appointed as the captain of Punjab Kings (PBKS) for IPL 2025. The franchise secured Iyer for a massive 26.75 crores at the IPL mega auction. Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to their third IPL title in 2024, was always a strong contender for the role, making his appointment expected. This will be Iyer’s third franchise, following stints with Delhi Capitals (DC) and KKR.

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Iyer became DC’s captain during the 2018 season and guided the team to playoffs in each of the next three seasons, including a runner-up finish in 2020. In addition, this year he led Mumbai to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, finishing fourth in the run-scoring charts with 345 runs, including a century, at a remarkable strike rate of 188.

Iyer will now work alongside Ricky Ponting at PBKS, with the franchise signing Ponting for four years. The two previously formed a successful captain-coach duo at Delhi Capitals and will aim to replicate that success at Punjab Kings.

“I wanted to work with Shreyas,” Ponting told Star Sports after the auction. “I’ve worked with him before and he is a great guy and a great player. He’ll be a great leader for our team if we decide to go that way, which I’m pretty sure we probably will. And obviously, he was the championship-winning captain last year. So there are lots of great things about bringing him to Punjab.”

PBKS Squad: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu. , Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey.