IPL 2025: Shreyas Iyer scripts historic feat, shatters Virender Sehwag's 17-year-old record at Chepauk
IPL 2025: Shreyas Iyer not only played a match-winning knock to help PBKS beat CSK by four wickets but also notched up a towering record at the Chepauk stadium
Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings secured their sixth victory of the IPL 2025 season with a four-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday, April 30.
This win has boosted Punjab Kings' chances of qualifying for the playoffs, as it has propelled them to the second position in the IPL 2025 points table. Leading from the front, captain Shreyas Iyer played a crucial innings while chasing a challenging target of 191, scoring a half-century and, in the process, breaking a 17-year-old record at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Playing a captain's knock, Shreyas Iyer scored a brilliant 72 runs off just 41 balls riding on five boundaries and four sixes. This impressive score now stands as the highest individual innings played by an opposition captain against CSK at the Chepauk Stadium in IPL.
Shreyas Iyer's match-winning knock surpassed the previous record held by Virender Sehwag, who had scored 71 runs off 41 balls against CSK at the Chepauk Stadium in 2008 while captaining Delhi Daredevils.
Let's have a look at the list highest individual scores by opposition captain against CSK at Chepauk in IPL:
72 (41) – Shreyas Iyer (2025)
71 (41) – Virender Sehwag (2008)
67 (48) – Rohit Sharma (2019)
63 (52) – Gautam Gambhir (2012)
58 (47) – Virat Kohli (2013)
57* (56) – Gautam Gambhir (2010)
57* (44) – Nitish Rana (2023)
Shreyas Iyer's PBKS will face Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their IPL 2025 clash which will be played on May 1 at the Mullanpur stadium
