Follow UsPunjab Kings are on a roll at the moment, securing their fifth win of the IPL 2025, thus moving to the second place on the points table. In a rain-affected encounter in Bengaluru, they forced Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to submission with the bat, with Yuzvendra Chahal leading the cause with 2/11 in three overs, restricting RCB to just 95/9.
While others supported him aplenty, the fact that Chahal has been on a comeback spree made things sweeter for the Punjab Kings. After a slew of sub-par performances, Chahal picked up four wickets in the previous clash to back it up with a couple of wickets in the match against RCB.
Speaking about his conversation with the spinner, Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer stated that he just reminded Chahal about the impact he brings to the table and that worked wonders for the team.
“I personally had a chat with him and told him that you are a match winner and you need to get us as many wickets as possible and you don't need to be safe. He has a capability of bouncing back, and he is one of the best bowlers in the IPL,” Iyer said in the post-match presentation.
An inspired Sunrisers Hyderabad whacked Punjab Kings after scoring a humongous 245 runs, but then made a comeback to beat KKR by 16 runs despite scoring just 111. The win against RCB brought them back at the top two - a momentum they wouldn’t want to lose. Iyer added that he made instinctive moves against RCB depending on the match situation.
“Variety is the spice of life and we are here to experience all kinds of games here, it's a great challenge. There was no thinking to be honest, I was just taking instinctive moves. I just didn't want new batters to come in and settle in. Jansen was getting a lot of bounce, and he was bowling lethal.
“To be honest, we didn't know how the wicket was going to feel, but the bowlers adapted to it. I had a chat with Arshdeep and he said the hard length balls were hard to hit. That was the chatter in the middle and they executed brilliantly.”