New Delhi
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer believes that his team made many mistakes against Rajasthan Royals and he could not even implement his plan well. However, he believes that the shock of defeat is good for him at the beginning of the tournament so that he can improve the upcoming matches. Let me tell you, Punjab Kings tasted the first defeat of IPL 2025 on Saturday 5 April, when Rajasthan Royals dusted him by 50 runs. RR scored 205 runs on the board while batting first, in response to which the Punjab team could score 155 runs.
Shreyas Iyer said on the defeat of Punjab Kings, “Honestly, I was thinking about the score around 180-185. It would have been good to chase it, we could not implement our plans. I am happy that it was a mistake at the beginning of the tournament.
On the team’s mistakes, the captain said, “I felt that we could make partnerships by playing slow, but got a lot to learn from this game. Today there was no dew as we had estimated, but I think we need to return to the drawing board and watch videos where we could not perform with our bowling and batting. We did not lose back to back wickets because it was not easy for new batsmen because it was not easy for new batsmen.”
While all the batsmen of Punjab failed, Nehal Wadera played a brilliant innings of 61 runs, with him, Iyer said, “Nehal was brilliant under pressure. He took some time and was able to dominate the bowlers, take maximum benefit of the situation. At the beginning of the tournament you need a little hiccup to awaken the tournament.
