Iyer played a stunning knock of 50 off 29 balls exactly when Punjab Kings needed someone to anchor the chase and still keep the scoreboard racing against the Chennai Super Kings.
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Karim felt that the PBKS skipper’s reading of spin, his timing, and the way he changes gears make him very different from the rest of the batters. He even called Iyer the best spin player in the white-ball formats.
He's No. 1 batter against spin bowling: Saba Karim
Over the last two years, Shreyas Iyer has transformed himself into a complete T20 batter. The numbers clearly show his rise. Since IPL 2024, the Mumbaikar has been striking at 169.51, which is a huge jump from his earlier strike rate of 130. He scored 351 runs for KKR in 2024, followed by a brilliant season with PBKS in 2025, where he finished as their top scorer with 600+ runs.
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This technique also helps him handle short deliveries with confidence. Earlier, Iyer was struggling against the short deliveries and even some world-class spinners, due to which he had also lost his place in the Indian cricket team, especially the Test team in 2024.
He signed off by saying, “Then the front leg opens up quite easily, and then he goes bang. So, I think that is one area where he has worked very hard. It also allows him to play the short delivery well. So, he can go either on the front foot or transfer his weight a little bit, and smash it down the ground or over the square-leg or midwicket boundary.”
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