IPL 2025 CSK vs PBKS | Shreyas understands the game better than ever before coach Ponting

The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. Karnataka Today Your daily dose of news highlights from Karnataka First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Updated - May 01, 2025 08:47 pm IST - Chennai No looking back: Skipper Shreyas, with 360 runs this season, has been walking the talk. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN Shreyas Iyer is confidence personified. He is leading Punjab Kings well and that is reflected in his batting too. The stylish right-hander, who scored a half-century in PBKS’ four-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match here on Wednesday, earned praise from coach Ricky Ponting. The former Australia captain hailed Shreyas’ evolution as a leader, saying that his understanding of game situations is better than ever before. The duo has been reunited this season at Punjab Kings after having worked together at Delhi Capitals, where they had led DC to the playoffs from 2019 to 2021, including a final appearance in 2020. “He’s a lot more confident in himself now than he was, and that comes with experience,” Ponting said. “He’s a more mature player now. I think he understands the game and game situations probably better than ever before,” the PBKS coach said of Shreyas, who has made 360 runs in 10 games. Shreyas led Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title last season but was released before the mega auction. PBKS secured him for Rs. 26.75 crore. “I mean, he won the IPL last year as a captain. So, when you’ve done that and you’ve got that experience behind you and you believe and trust in your own instincts, I think that’s the biggest thing with captaincy, especially in a T20 game when everything around you is happening so fast,” Ponting said. Terms & conditions  |  Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.