The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder Ramandeep Singh grabbed an absolute screamer to dismiss the Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer on Tuesday, April 15.
Shreyas Iyer did not carry out with the bat towards his previous franchise Kolkata Knight Riders within the thirty first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur.
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Shreyas Iyer falls for a 2-ball duck
Iyer led the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to the Indian Premier League title after a decade within the 2024 season of the competitors. Nevertheless, he was not retained by KKR because the franchise and the participant could not attain a mutual settlement.
Shreyas Iyer entered the public sale, and Punjab Kings broke their financial institution to accumulate his companies for a whopping INR 26.75 crore, making him the second costliest participant in IPL historical past.
He was subsequently named the brand new captain of the Punjab Kings and the battle of his workforce towards his previous workforce was hyped so much by broadcasters forward of the PBKS vs KKR conflict in IPL 2025.
PBKS would have been hoping for Shreyas Iyer to set the stage on fireplace towards KKR, however he was not ready to try this. He walked within the center after Harshit Rana dismissed the in-form opener, Priyansh Arya, on the second ball of the 4th over.
Iyer began off his innings with a dot, however he went for a wild shot on the subsequent ball. Harshit Rana bowled an out of doors off-stump supply to Iyer, who regarded to smash it over covers for a boundary.
Nevertheless, he solely managed to slice it off the thick outdoors half of the bat actually flat and Ramandeep Singh grabbed an incredible catch at deep backward level by placing in a full-length dive to ship Iyer packing for a 2-ball duck. After Shreyas Iyer’s dismissal, KKR gamers have been elated and so they celebrated wildly.
Watch: Ramandeep Singh takes a stunner to dismiss Shreyas Iyer for a duck
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Shreyas, everyone knows how assured he’s – Ramandeep Singh
Talking forward of the match, Ramandeep Singh talked concerning the distinction between the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer. He additionally spoke about Gautam Gambhir being changed as KKR mentor by Dwayne Bravo. He elaborated:
“We do miss a person like Gautam Gambir and the issues he delivered to the workforce. However now we’ve got a coach like DJ Bravo, who brings the identical champion mindset within the workforce. And if we speak about Shreya and Ajinkya, each have been fantastic captains.
“Whereas Ajinkya brings a variety of calmness within the dug out and each teenager idolizes him, he has led together with his kind too this season. And Shreyas, everyone knows how assured he’s and will get the plan executed from the workforce. Each are totally different however convey so much on the desk for every workforce.”
The KKR all-rounder additional mentioned that he has been given the function of a finisher by the workforce administration and he backs himself to win matches for the workforce. He elaborated:
“KKR have given me the function to come back in at 5,6 or 7 and do what the state of affairs calls for and to make the workforce win. We be taught from each state of affairs and it helps us to analyse our recreation too. My goal is to make myself as a match winner for the workforce and I attempt to be fearless in my strategy proper from the primary ball of my innings whether or not the ball is in my space or not. After the fifteenth over, regardless of the state of affairs is, I again myself. And the identical goes for each one among us.”
