Delhi: This 68th match of IPL 2026 was played on Saturday, May 23 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, in which Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer, while playing the captaincy innings, scored a blazing unbeaten century and led his team to victory against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

When invited to bat first in the match, host LSG scored 196 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.

Josh Inglis scored the maximum 72 runs for Lucknow, in which he hit 9 fours and 2 sixes. In this way Punjab got the target of 197 runs to win.

PBKS saw excellent batting by Prabhsimran Singh and Iyer. Prabhasimran scored 69 runs in 39 balls. At the same time, Iyer remained steadfast till the end. He gave victory to Punjab by hitting a six and with this six he also completed his first century in IPL history.

Shreyas Iyer scored his first century in IPL

He remained unbeaten after scoring 101 runs in 51 balls, in which he hit 11 fours and 5 skyscraper sixes.

Thanks to his brilliant innings, Punjab Kings won the match by seven wickets with two overs remaining and kept their hopes of reaching the playoffs alive.

Iyer received the Man of the Match award for this match-winning innings. Let us see the top 3 big statements of cricket legends and experts on his innings played against LSG.

Virender Sehwag

During a conversation on Cricbuzz, former India opener Virender Sehwag praised the partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Prabhsimran Singh. He said that if Punjab Kings qualifies for the playoffs, then Iyer’s form can become a big problem for other teams.

Sehwag said,

2. Wasim Jaffer

Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer, while talking on his YouTube channel, called Iyer a big player. He said that Iyer performed at a time when the team needed him the most. In this context he said,

He further said that in the last few innings it seemed that he was trying to rotate the strike by just taking singles, but today’s style was completely different. As far as I know Shreyas Iyer, his style is usually that when he is under some pressure or has not been able to score runs in the last two-three innings, he likes to bat aggressively on the field.

That’s why I expected it and today I saw the same.

Ambati Rayudu

Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu said that the intention shown by the Punjab Kings captain was amazing.

Rayudu said,