“Shreyas Iyer should’ve slapped me” - Shashank Singh opens up on his run-out vs MI in Qualifier 2

Punjab Kings (PBKS) finisher Shashank Singh has opened up on his captain Shreyas Iyer reprimanding him in the Qualifier 2 vs Mumbai Indians, which PBKS won by five wickets to make it to the grand finale vs RCB at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Moving into the details of the incident, when PBKS was chasing down 204 against MI in Qualifier 2, Shashank lost his wicket via run-out with Iyer batting on the other end. This wicket could’ve changed the game’s complexion had Iyer also lost his wicket at that point in time.

"I deserve it, Iyer should have slapped me, my father didn’t speak to me till the finals. I was casual, I was walking on the beach not even in the garden. It was a crucial time, Shreyas was clear that I didn’t expect this from you but later he took me out for dinner,” Shashank told the Indian Express.

Moreover, Shashank also talked about his innings in the final against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He went on to smack 61* runs in 30 balls with three fours and six sixes as PBKS lost the game by only six runs in the end. He asserted that everything didn’t go down well in the death overs for him.

“I had done my calculation of the last two overs, Bhuvi likes to bowl yorkers so I had planned to get at least 16-17 runs from him. My calculation was that in the last over our target should be 24 runs in 6 balls. I got only 13 from Bhuvi’s over though, so the final over runs needed was 30,” he added.

Speaking about his stats in IPL 2025, he scored 350 runs in 14 games at an average of 50 and a strike rate of 153.5 with three fifty-plus scores.

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