Another team of Shreyas Iyer reached the playoffs.Image Credit Source: X/Sobo Mumbai Falcons
In Indian cricket, Shreyas Iyer and his captaincy are currently discussed. Last year, Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL and Mumbai cricket team won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title. This year, Iyer took command of Punjab Kings and after 11 years took it to the final of IPL. Even though he could not win the title this time, but his accolades are being done across the country. But Iyer’s fire is not over yet because now he has taken his team to the playoffs in the Mumbai T20 League.
The new team was taken to the playoffs
In the final of the IPL 2025 season, Iyer’s team Punjab Kings lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore. But while leaving this defeat immediately, Iyer took the command of Sobo Mumbai Phalkans in the Mumbai T20 League and took the team to the playoffs. Iyer was not able to play in the first match of the league, but from the second match he took command of the team and won the next two match teams. However, in the fourth match of the season, his team suffered a defeat to Eagle Thane Strikers, but despite this, the team finished third and made it to the playoffs.
Despite the fatigue of the long season of IPL, Iyer, who came out playing in this tournament, has not been able to show command with his bat yet. Iyer, who scored the highest 604 runs in 17 matches for Punjab Kings in IPL 2025, got a chance to bat in two matches but he has been able to score only 38 runs. But still they can turn the game by showing their flame in a match like playoffs. In exactly the same way, as he played an explosive innings of 87 runs against Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier and brought the team to the final.
Iyer in Team India captaincy race
Now the eyes will be on whether Iyer is able to achieve the title success in Mumbai T20, leaving behind the failure of the IPL final. This view of Iyer’s strong captaincy has come at a time when the doers of the Indian Cricket Board are now considering him as a contender for the captaincy of Team India. A report claimed that the BCCI officials are also affected by the leadership capacity of Iyer in the IPL and the rest of the tournament before that they have been included in the contenders for the captaincy in Team India’s ODI and T20 team in future.