Shreyas Iyer breaks MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli’s undesirable report ascaptaininIPL after Delhi defeat

Jaipur:

Punjab Kings misplaced a recreation inside the ongoing IPL season after a month and at a important juncture of their advertising marketing campaign with top-two spot on the highway as Delhi Capitals ended their advertising marketing campaign on a extreme with Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs stood as a lot as the issue with the bat, chasing a score in additional of 200. Punjab Kings bowlers have been found transient to defend a strong score in absence of their key spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who missed the game on account of a niggle. 

From start to these inside the middle order, not one of many Delhi Capitals batters let the required payment go up and helped Delhi get hold of their first win since April 22 and end on a extreme. This was Punjab Kings’ sixth defeat whereas defending a 200-plus score, which is the joint-most by any workforce inside the IPL, equalling Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) report.

On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer, the Punjab Kings captain, now has basically essentially the most number of defeats as a skipper defending 200-plus scores inside the IPL, surpassing MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, every of whom have been tied on three defeats. This was Iyer’s second defeat as captain defending a 200-plus score this season, following that Sunrisers Hyderabad loss in Hyderabad the place the Orange Army made a mockery of a 245-run objective.

Captains to lose most matches whereas defending 200-plus scores

Shreyas Iyer – 4 (Punjab Kings – 2 {2025}, Kolkata Knight Riders – 2 {2024})

MS Dhoni – 3 (Chennai Super Kings – 2014, 2021, 2023)
Virat Kohli – 3 (Royal Challengers Bangalore – 2018, 2019, 2020)
Faf du Plessis – 2 (Royal Challengers Bangalore – 2022, 2023)
Sanju Samson – 2 (Rajasthan Royals – 2023)
Shubman Gill – 2 (Gujarat Titans – 2024, 2025)
Rishabh Pant – 2 (Lucknow Super Giants – 2025)

Teams to lose most matches whereas defending 200-plus scores

6 – Punjab Kings (in 20 matches)
6 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (in 27 matches)
5 – Chennai Super Kings (in 26 matches)
4 – Gujarat Titans (in 10 matches)
4 – Kolkata Knight Riders (in 19 matches)

However, Punjab Kings moreover grew to change into the first workforce to achieve 200-plus on seven occasions batting first in a single T20 rivals breaking KKR (IPL 2024) and Sussex’s (T20 Blast 2024) report, who every had six scores. 

On the other hand, the Kings should beat the Mumbai Indians of their final league stage battle in Jaipur to stay in rivalry for a top-two spots with Gujarat Titans and RCB moreover inside the working.