‘The prize is my bat’: Shreyas Iyer reveals dressing room game

New Delhi: Captain of Kings XI Punjab Shreyas Iyer He was all smiles when he came to deliver the post-match speech after his team beat Lucknow Supergiants by 54 runs in Mullanpur on Sunday. With this win, Kings XI Punjab jumped to the top of the table with 5 wins and 11 points from 6 games and a net winning percentage of +1.420.After the resounding win, Iyer revealed that a comfortable six-wicket haul in the dressing room was the reason for Kings XI Punjab’s batting blitz.Devastating batsman Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly Ridiculed the Lucknow Supergiants bowlers and gave their team a mammoth 254/7 in 20 overs. Arya and Connolly scored 93 and 87 respectively as PBKS posted a score of 254/7, the highest total in the IPL this season. The duo provided huge entertainment for the second wicket by scoring 182 runs in just 13.2 overs, taking PBKS past Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 250/3, their previous highest score of the season.

In response, LSG suffered a 54-game losing streak with a score of 200/5.“Excellent partnership, some jaw-dropping shots. Hitting fast bowlers off the back-foot straight. The composure in the middle order was amazing,” Iyer said in his post-match speech.“When we spoke to Cooper and Arya, we said let’s compete for the most sixes. The prize is my bat, which doesn’t make sense but hopefully it makes us happy. When you give players freedom, I think they will deliver. That’s our mantra.”“I don’t tell them how to play a particular game, they have set their own pattern. Ricky Ponting motivates before the game, I get involved and the boys come in and deliver.”Kings XI Punjab will next face Delhi Capitals on April 25.