'He's A Quality Person': Ricky Ponting Hails Shreyas Iyer As PBKS Enter Qualifier 1

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 09:46 IST

Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians connected Monday to unafraid a apical 2 decorativeness and participate the qualifier 1 to springiness themselves 2 shots astatine making the IPL final.

Shreyas Iyer has captained 3 antithetic franchises into IPL playoffs. (BCCI Photo)

Punjab Kings caput manager Ricky Ponting admitted that portion the squad volition observe their seven-wicket triumph implicit Mumbai Indians connected Monday night, they volition besides beryllium reminded that their ngo is not yet complete.

PBKS showcased a ruthless pursuit led by fifties from Priyansh Arya and Josh Inglis, which secured a apical 2 spot successful the IPL points array and marked their archetypal playoff quality since 2014.

Ponting reflected connected the season’s translation nether his leadership, starting with the auction, and credited the assertive young batting core. As a serial winner, helium emphasized the value of converting a palmy league play into a beardown playoff performance.

“Very pleased, batch of hard enactment goes into achieving this. Starts from the auction, large happening for maine was to travel to a caller franchise and marque a quality straightaway. It’s evident to spot that it’s a prime team, heading successful the aforesaid direction. We haven’t done thing yet, that’s what I’ve been telling players, the large games are to come. Prabhsimran is 23-24 and has got 500 runs, I said possibly 4 oregon 5 games successful that Priyansh is 1 of the finds of the tournament.

“Hard to reason with now. Fearless young endowment seeing and hitting the ball. Overseas players – Inglis, Stoinis person been great. Shreyas has been outstanding. We’re a blessed group, enjoyed each other’s institution 10 weeks, got 1 much to go. Pretty evident I was keen to enactment with Shreyas considering however overmuch I spent astatine the auction. We had a bully moving narration successful Delhi. I’ve known him from a agelong time. He’s a prime person. It’s what you request erstwhile you request to signifier a culture," said Ponting successful the post-game chat with broadcasters.

With this win, Punjab person virtually confirmed the archetypal spot, acknowledgment to their superior run-rate implicit RCB, who tin level PBKS connected points if they triumph against LSG connected Wednesday.

The squad is besides acrophobic astir the lack of Marco Jansen for the playoffs, but Ponting believes they person the extent to screen for the proteas pacer, who volition beryllium a “big miss" for his side.

“Arshdeep’s great, Chahal should beryllium back. If you talk to players individually, they’ll springiness Shreyas a bully rap. We’ll observe tonight, we’ve done that aft each crippled isolated from the past 1 owed to the abbreviated turnaround. Got a precocious day formation tomorrow, we’ll enactment retired wherever our grooming slots fit. We’ll remainder players up. Jansen is simply a high-quality individual, pugnacious to regenerate him. Got Jamieson successful contiguous to guarantee helium got a crippled earlier Marco left. Every team’s missing players, we’d similar to deliberation we’ve got bully extent and beryllium capable to screen for Marco contempt it being a large miss," helium added.

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