He led Mumbai to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy earlier this season and KKR to the championship previous year.
Following his appointment as captain for the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025), Shreyas Iyer, the recently chosen captain of the Punjab Kings, has set his sights on capturing the team’s first championship. On the TV show Big Boss, when Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Shashank Singh were guests, Bollywood actor Salman Khan announced Iyer as the team’s captain.
