[WATCH]- Preity Zinta Shares Warm Hug With Shreyas Iyer After PBKS vs RR IPL 2025 Match

Punjab Kings (PBKS) co-owner Preity Zinta shared a warm hug with skipper Shreyas Iyer following their IPL 2025 clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Saturday, April 5, at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. RR handed PBKS their first defeat of the season with a dominant 50-run win.

Batting first, RR posted 205 thanks to solid knocks from Yashasvi Jaiswal (67), Riyan Parag (43*), and Sanju Samson (38). Their bowlers — Jofra Archer (3/25), Sandeep Sharma (2/21), and Maheesh Theekshana (2/26) — then restricted PBKS to 155/9, securing a comprehensive win and boosting their net run rate.

This marked PBKS’ first loss under Iyer’s leadership. After the match, Preity Zinta was seen interacting with Iyer and several players, with the franchise sharing a video of the moment on their official X account. You can watch the video here:

Hai Junoon! ♥️💓 pic.twitter.com/CokHJrL6F7

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 6, 2025

“Loss came at the right time” – PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer after 50-run defeat to RR in IPL 2025

During the post-match presentation, Shreyas Iyer shared that he felt a target of 180-185 would have been manageable on the pitch, but admitted that they gave away more runs than expected while bowling. Reflecting on the loss, he stated:

“To be honest I thought we would be considering about 180-185 which would have been great to chase. We conceded a few more runs but I am glad it happened at the start of the season. It was a decent pitch to bat, it was stopping a bit but I felt we could have stitched a few more partnerships rather than going ultra-aggressive. Obviously as you see there wasn’t any dew, we can’t be blaming on that.”

Iyer further stated:

“We have to go back to the drawing board and work out what didn’t go our way and analyse especially why we lost two wickets in quick succession. Wadhera has been phenomenal, he took some time and analysed the situation. This is the third match, it’s just the start of the tournament and I am glad it happened early on in IPL 2025. We have to see the videos and come back stronger.”

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