'Playing not to impress': Shreyas Iyer after CSK vs PBKS IPL match

NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings continued their beardown commencement successful IPL 2026 with a five-wicket triumph implicit Chennai Super Kings, acknowledgment to a captain’s sound from Shreyas Iyer and a coagulated squad effort. Chasing a large people of 210, PBKS stayed calm nether unit and got implicit the enactment with 8 balls to spare, handing CSK their 2nd consecutive loss.CSK had earlier posted 209/5 aft being enactment successful to bat. Young Ayush Mhatre led the complaint with an awesome 73, portion Sarfaraz Khan and Shivam Dube added speedy runs towards the extremity to propulsion the full past 200.

A cardinal concern betwixt Mhatre and Ruturaj Gaikwad helped physique the innings, though PBKS pulled things backmost with timely wickets.In reply, Punjab got disconnected to a flying commencement with Priyansh Arya smashing 39 disconnected conscionable 11 balls.

Prabhsimran Singh and Cooper Connolly chipped successful with utile contributions, keeping the pursuit connected track. When unit built, skipper Shreyas Iyer stepped up, scoring a composed half-century and controlling the crippled with astute changeable selection. Later, Shashank Singh and Marcus Stoinis finished the occupation comfortably.

‘Playing to impressment each other’

After the match, Iyer revealed the team’s mindset, adding, “Well, it's not planned, honestly speaking, but we've conscionable decided successful the dressing country that immoderate happens, we are going to play a marque of cricket which is to impressment each other, not others outside.”

He praised the beardown start, saying, “Priyansh and Prab doing the occupation astatine the start… it's phenomenal to spot them giving america that commencement and it stabilizes the bushed for us.”On Arya’s explosive innings, helium added, “Absolutely. I mean, getting 39 retired of 11 balls, that's the commencement we require, particularly erstwhile you're chasing 208.”Explaining his bowling choices, Iyer said, “And usually we cognize however awesome helium is implicit the years. And he's astir apt 1 of the champion bowlers successful the IPL truthful far. So whenever I'm successful doubt, I bash that.”Punjab’s wide mindset and teamwork person present enactment them astatine the apical of the table.