The fifth match of the Indian Premier League-2025 (IPL) season was played between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. This match was very exciting. The speed at which Punjab started scoring runs from the beginning, it seemed that the score could cross 260, but Gujarat stopped this journey at 243. Although the score of 243 runs is also very big in IPL, but the Gujarat team also gave a tough fight and scored 232 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. And in this match, Punjab won by 11 runs.

The main attraction of this match was Punjab's captain Shreyas Iyer, who played his captaincy innings. Shreyas completed 50 runs in 27 balls and was seen moving fast towards the century, but in the last 2 overs, Shreyas, who was handling the innings with Shashank Singh, could not get the strike and he missed the century. But Shreyas contributed fully to his team's victory by playing a brilliant innings of 97 runs in 42 balls. Shashank played a brilliant innings of 44 runs in 16 balls in this match.

Shreyas Iyer has been a champion captain. That is, last year in 2024, when Kolkata Knight Riders won the title, Shreyas was the captain there. In the 2020 season, Delhi Capitals reached the final under the leadership of Shreyas. Now Punjab Kings also have high hopes from Shreyas, who has not been able to win the IPL title so far. Punjab Kings made it to the 2014 IPL final, but in the last 4 seasons, they could not even make it to the top-5.

By the way, in the match between Punjab and Gujarat yesterday (25 March), everyone was expecting that Iyer has completed his century. But he got stuck on the verge of century at just 3 runs. Well, in cricket anything can happen till the last ball, it is said. And many teams have won the match by hitting fours and sixes on the last ball. Right now we are talking about Shreyas' captaincy innings.

The speed with which Punjab has gained momentum in the very first season of IPL-2025, they will definitely move forward. Punjab Kings have not yet won the IPL trophy, but in the very first match they proved that we are no less than anyone. And when last year's 'champion captain' is with Punjab, then undoubtedly the team will benefit from it. At present, Shreyas Iyer is just 3 runs away from scoring his first century, but it is expected that his journey will definitely be completed in the upcoming matches.

Priyansh's explosive debut as he hit 6 sixes in 6 balls

Before Iyer, young opener Priyansh Arya started the aggression from Punjab's side. Arya scored 47 runs in 23 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. Arya first came into the limelight during the Delhi Premier League last year when he hit 6 sixes in 6 balls in a match.

Earlier, in the second match of IPL-2026, Hyderabad won and also made the record of the second highest score in the history of IPL. Hyderabad scored 286 runs in this match. Earlier, the record of the highest score of 287 runs is also in the name of this team. Ishan Kishan was the hero of Hyderabad's victory. Ishan became the first centurion of IPL-2025. He proved himself by playing a brilliant innings of 107 runs in 46 balls and also lived up to Hyderabad's trust. Before the mega auction for the 18th season of IPL 16 in IPL, Mumbai Indians also showed him the way out by not retaining him and did not even try to buy him again in the auction. For Ishan, who spent 7 years in the Mumbai Indians camp and faced criticism and challenges from all sides, Sunrisers Hyderabad opened the closed doors of luck and expressed confidence in him by buying him for Rs 11.25 crore. And today by scoring a century in 45 balls, Ishan has completely lived up to that trust.