Shreyas Iyer Creates HISTORY Vs CSK, Breaks 17-Year-Old Record Held By Virender Sehwag
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Punjab Kings registered their 6th win of the IPL 2025 campaign when they defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on April 30 (Wednesday). They have thus inched one step closer in qualifying for the playoffs, as they find themselves in the second spot of the points table. Shreyas Iyer played a captain's knock while chasing a tricky target of 191, as he slammed a half-century and broke a 17-year-old record at the ground.
Shreyas Iyer hit 72 runs from 41 balls in an innings studded wth 5 fours and 4 sixes. He now becomes the opposition captain with the highest individual score vs CSK at Chepauk. He broke the record of Virender Sehwag, who scored 71 from 41 balls against CSK at Chepauk in 2008, when he was captaining Delhi Daredevils.
Here are the highest individual scores by opposition captain vs CSK at Chepauk:
72 (41) – Shreyas Iyer (2025)
71 (41) – Virender Sehwag (2008)
67 (48) – Rohit Sharma (2019)
63 (52) – Gautam Gambhir (2012)
58 (47) – Virat Kohli (2013)
57* (56) – Gautam Gambhir (2010)
57* (44) – Nitish Rana (2023)
Yuzvendra Chahal, Shreyas Iyer Star As PBKS Defeat CSK By 4 Wickets
Chennai Super Kings were put in to bat first and they put on a decent total of 190 on the board. Sam Curran was the star of the show with the bat, as he slammed 88 runs from 47 balls. Dewald Brevis also played a handy knock of 32. However, the home team had a late collapse, where they lost 5 wickets in the space of 7 balls. Yuzvendra Chahal picked up a hat-trick in the 19th over, and finished with 4 wickets to his name.
Punjab Kings never had any major difficulty in the run chase. Prabhsimran Singh gave them a brisk start as he slammed his second consecutive half-century. Shreyas Iyer was the top scorer with 72, while Shashank Singh scored a quickfire 23, as the away side won by a margin of 4 wickets with 2 balls to spare. CSK has thus been officially eliminated from the tournament.
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