Captain of Punjab Kings for IPL 2025: Big news has come out from the Indian cricket circle. Ahead of the 18th season of IPL, Punjab Kings have announced the name of the new captain. Interestingly, from the reality show ‘Bigg Boss’, actor Salman Khan has announced the name of the new captain of Preity Zinta’s team.
Salman Khan Announces Shreyas Iyer as Captain
Shreyas Iyer has been made the captain of the Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings also posted on social media and gave information about this. Salman Khan announced the name of Shreyas from Bigg Boss’s special episode ‘Weekend War’ on Sunday 12th January. Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Shashank Singh were both present in this special show.
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Shreyas Iyer’s IPL Journey and Record-Breaking Bid
Shreyas Iyer led Kolkata Knight Riders to win the trophy after 12 years in the 17th season of IPL (IPL 2024). But despite such an amazing performance, Shreyas was released from the KKR franchise. After that, Punjab Kings took Shreyas in the mega auction. Punjab made a record bid for Shreyas. Punjab bid as much as Rs 26 crore 75 lakh for Shreyas. Became the second costliest in IPL history along with Shreyas Iyer.
Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer has played a total of 115 matches in IPL. Shreyas has represented many teams in the meantime. Shreyas has scored 3 thousand 127 runs in 115 matches at a strike rate of 127.48. Shreyas has scored 21 fifties during this time. Shreyas’s high score is 96. Also, Shreyas has hit 271 fours and 113 sixes.
Punjab Kings Squad for IPL 2025
Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Shashank Singh and Prabhasimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Vadra, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Payla Avinash, Javier Bartlett, Suryansh Shedge, Mushir Khan, Aaron Hardy, Priyansh Arya, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Pannu, Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis and Marco Jansson
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