New Delhi: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer He was all smiles when he turned up for the post-match presentation after his team registered a huge 54-run win against Lucknow Supergiants in Milanpur on Sunday. With this win, Punjab Kings jumped to the top of the table with 5 wins in 6 matches, 11 points, and a net run rate of +1.420.After the resounding victory, Iyer revealed that the light-hearted six-hitting competition inside the dressing room was the reason for Punjab Kings’ batting.Devastating batsman Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly Made fun of the Lucknow Supergiants bowlers and took his team to 254/7 in 20 overs. Arya and Connolly scored 93 and 87 respectively as PBKS posted 254/7 – the highest total of this IPL season. The pair added 182 runs in just 13.2 overs for a highly entertaining second-wicket stand, which saw PBKS overtake Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s 250/3 – the previous highest total of the season.
In reply, LSG managed to make 200/5 and were defeated by 54 runs.“Extraordinary partnership, some shots were jaw-dropping. Hitting the fast bowlers straight off the backfoot. Composer in the middle overs was sensational,” Iyer said during the post-match presentation.“Was talking with Cooper and Arya, said let’s compete for the most sixes. The prize is my bat, doesn’t mean anything but hopefully it makes us happy. When you let the players be, I think they just deliver. That’s our mantra.”“I don’t tell them how to go about their particular innings, they have set their patterns. Ricky Ponting gives the motivation just before the game, I sneak in, the boys come and deliver.”Punjab Kings will next face Delhi Capitals on April 25.
