“He makes it to India’s T20I side after this” - Michael Vaughan feels Shreyas Iyer will find a spot in India’s T20I team

Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer has hogged the spotlight after scoring a match-winning unbeaten fifty-run knock against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday, April 1.

Notably, PBKS secured their second consecutive win of the season, propelling them to the second rank on the points table, staying just behind Royal Challengers Bengaluru, amassing four points.

Former England captain and commentator Michael Vaughan strongly feels Iyer finds a spot in the Indian T20I team after his two consecutive heroics against the Gujarat Titans (GT) and LSG. While he scored 97* against GT, he smacked 52* against LSG.

Furthermore, Vaughan asserted that both Suryakumar Yadav and Iyer possess a similar kind of mindset on how to go about their business. Moreover, he added that Iyer is currently seeing the ball rather large and smacking some of the good balls outside the boundary ropes.

"Surely, he does (make it to India's T20 XI team) after this. I think people like SKY and Shreyas Iyer, they are very much the kind of modern players in everything that they do. They are very cool, funky, in the way they go about their business," Vaughan said on Cricbuzz.

"They have got a swagger about them like they get their chest out, and they look at the opponent, and thinking, 'Who are you?' It's just the way they play, it's great. A little bit of arrogance, nothing wrong with that when you are playing at the highest level. He's clearly seeing the ball rather large. I think some of the balls tonight that he sent into the boundary, they were not terrible balls," he added.

Punjab Kings will next take on Rajasthan Royals in the 18th match of the IPL 2025 season at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh, on Saturday, April 5.

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