Shreyas Iyer is all set to guide Punjab Kings within the Indian Premier League 2025. Actor Salman Khan made the official announcement on the Large Boss 18 TV present set in Mumbai on Sunday, January 12. Punjab Kings additionally confirmed Iyer’s promotion to captain with an official announcement on their X web page.
The 30-year-old cricketer mentioned he’s trying ahead to working with new head coach Ricky Ponting and likewise revealed his plan to finish PBKS’ watch for the maiden IPL title.
“I’m honoured that the crew has reposed its religion in me,” Iyer mentioned. “I’m trying ahead to working once more with Coach Ponting. The crew seems to be sturdy, with a terrific mixture of potential and confirmed performers. I hope to repay the religion proven by the administration to ship our maiden title.”
Punjab Kings’ stars Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chalal and Shashank Singh had been invited to the favored TV present on Sunday. Salman confirmed that Iyer will probably be main Punjab Kings within the IPL 2025 which is predicted to start on March 23.
Iyer was signed by Punjab Kings for a whopping value of Rs 26.75 within the IPL 2025 public sale in November final yr. The star batter guided Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL 2024 title and not too long ago led Mumbai to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 to show his management abilities.
After ending ninth within the factors desk final season below Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Curran’s management, PBKS launched nearly all of their gamers and retained solely Shashank and Prabhsimran Singh forward of the public sale. Punjab entered the public sale with the most important purse and spent closely to signal their former participant Arshdeep Singh and the veteran spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for Rs 18 crore every.
Punjab Kings’ squad for IPL 2025
Retained gamers: Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh.
Gamers signed in public sale: 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, Praveen Dubey.