Pressure gets to the best of us, and Shreyas Iyer is human after all. The Punjab Kings skipper finally shed the cool nad calm exterior he has managed to maintain throughout the season and gave the umpire a serious verbal bashing in Hyderbaad after he accepted a DRS call without consulting him first.
Punjab Kings rode on the back of a rapid fire opening stand between Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya followed by a 82-run onslaught from Shreyas Iyer off just 36 balls to set the Sunrisers Hyderabad a mammoth target of 246, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday. However, the tables quickly turned when the hosts walked out to bat as Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head took to the ground with their trademark no-holds-barred approach and smashed their way to 83 without any loss in the powerplay to keep SRH in the game. The partnership waas neither risk nor chance-free, the biggest of which came when Yash Thakur managed to have Abhishek hole out on a front-foot no-ball. Another opportunity did seem to arrive in the very next over as well but all it led to was more chaos and frustration for the Punjab skipper.
Glenn Maxwell had the ball in hand and on the second ball of the fourth over, he fired a ball down leg that slid past Head into Prabhsimran’s gloves. There seemed to be a faint noise when the Kookaburra passed the batter and the bowler-keeper duo went up in instant appeal, only for the umpire Akshay Totre to immediately shake his head no. Nevertheless, Maxwell remained confident and immediately made a T with his hand to signal for a review, which the umpire took for gospel and went upstairs. Even though Shreyas wanted no different, the umpire’s decision to not consult him over the decision was enough to anger the skipper as he seethed at the umpire, “Merese poocha kya? [Did you ask me?]” and minced no words.
After Iyer was done with his brief tirade, he did signal for the DRS himself and found out the ball had only clipped Head’s trousers, meaning a review was lost but the wide was overturned. Twitterati though was only interested in what happened prior.
He is anger
Anger
Shreyas Iyer’s angry reaction over DRS call. pic.twitter.com/huZBhbDn4F
— CricAsh (@ash_cric) April 12, 2025
Shreyas iyer when maxwell took drs without asking him 🗣️ “Mere se to puch” 😭
Why no team member of pbks is treating him like captain😭 pic.twitter.com/5CZH0ySiA4— π🗿 (@Shinzohattori5) April 12, 2025
Just didn’t
LOL
Gleen Maxwell taking DRS without Asking Shreyas Iyer Warra Respect for Idli in PBKS 😂 pic.twitter.com/KYy8AqcXsQ
— 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢²³ (@GoatGambhir97) April 12, 2025
Abhi ek ball hui.. Maxwell ne ball dali jisko umpire ne wide de diya to Maxwell bina Shreyas se puche DRS ke liye chle gaya.. Tab Shreyas ne kaha are MC mere se pooch to le yar 🤣🤣#TATAIPL2025 #PBKSvsSRH pic.twitter.com/ooeMHJOgFc
— ROHIT 27 S 🎭 (@RohitS27jan) April 12, 2025
Please
So Many
Shreyas Iyer has added so many shots to his armory after working so so hard in domestics, what a reverse sweep from Shreyas and now he is on 41(19)*.
Its time to bring Shreyas in all formats, he has done his job and now its BCCI’s turn. pic.twitter.com/mzeP4izy2a— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) April 12, 2025
‘Glenn Maxwell appealed for Drs without asking’
Shreyas Iyer: pic.twitter.com/QrUTJNSdiI— Sober (@Soberhere_) April 12, 2025
Yup
Arey mujhse toh puchlo na drs se pehle 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 – Shreyas iyer
— Dr.GumGumFruit (@ScalpeLwizard) April 12, 2025
