Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings (PBKS) traveled to the final in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. However, in the final, Punjab Kings had to face defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore (PBKS). Shreyas could not win the title for his captaincy team, but the game he showed is less.
Shreyas Iyer dominated the captaincy, he did wonders with the bat as well. Shreyas has scored 604 runs in a total of 17 matches in IPL 2025 at an average of 50.33. During this, 6 half -centuries came out of his bat. Shreyas Iyer became the first captain who has brought three different teams to the IPL final under his captaincy. Shreyas Iyer also entered the finals of Kolkata Knight Riders (2024) and Delhi Capitals in the final (2020) before Punjab Kings under his captaincy.
After a brilliant performance in the Indian Premier League, now Shreyas Iyer’s T20 can return to the T20 team. Shreyas has not played any T20 match since December 2023, but now it is going to change. According to the report of the Indian Express, Shreyas can return to the Indian T20I setup in view of the T20 World Cup 2026.
A BCCI source said, ‘Shreyas play only ODI only, but after this IPL we cannot keep them out of T20 International and even Test matches. Shreyas has also officially joined the captaincy race. Shreyas is considered to be Rohit Sharma’s successor in ODI cricket. The source said, “Apart from this, he has now officially joined the race for white ball captaincy captaincy ‘
Shreyas Iyer has been doing well in ODI cricket. Some time ago, when the Indian team won the Champions Trophy 2025, Shreyas played an important role in it. Shreyas scored 243 runs in the tournament by playing 5 matches, including two half -centuries. Shreyas also rocked the ODI World Cup 2023. He then scored 530 runs in 11 innings averages of 66.25, including 2 centuries and 3 half -centuries. However, despite a great performance in white ball cricket, Shreyas is not getting a comeback opportunity in Test cricket. Shreyas has not been selected in the Test team for the upcoming England tour.