Shreyas Iyer is considered to be one of the most famous captains in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Due to his influence as a leader, cricket experts often compare him with great players like Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni, who are considered to be the most successful leaders in the league.
Last night, Punjab Kings suffered their first defeat in the ongoing IPL 2026 season. With that defeat, Shreyas Iyer has added a painful record to his name. According to records, this was the fifth time that a team under Iyer failed to defend a score of more than 200.
A historic fall for PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer
Talking about last night’s match, which was held at PBKS’ home ground Maharaja Yadvendra Singh PCA Stadium, Punjab Kings scored 222 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs against Rajasthan Royals. The contest between the two teams remained close till the death overs of the second innings.
As Rajasthan Royals failed to save many wickets in the middle stage of the game, the run chase became more competitive than before. Donovan Ferreira and Royals’ impact sub, Shubham Dubey made the run chase successful for Rajasthan.
This was the fifth match for captain Shreyas Iyer when he found himself on the losing side despite scoring 200 or more in the first innings. Before captaining PBKS, Iyer was the leader of Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders respectively.
Talking about the captains who have scored the most number of unbeaten 200 runs in this list of records, Shreyas Iyer is at the top with 5 defeats, followed by Shubman Gill, the current captain of Gujarat Titans, with 4 defeats. Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant is at the third position with 3 losses, which is at par with former cricketers Faf du Plessis and MS Dhoni.
List of captains who lost their respective matches while defending 200 targets in IPL:
| captain | lost the match |
| Shreyas Iyer | 5 |
| Shubman Gill | 4 |
| Rishabh Pant | 3 |
| ms dhoni | 3 |
| Faf du Plessis | 3 |
| Akshar Patel | 3 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 2 |
| Virat Kohli | 2 |
| sanju samson | 2 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 2 |
| Ishan Kishan | 1 |
| VVS Laxman | 1 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 1 |
| Daniel Vettori | 1 |
| george bailey | 1 |
| Suresh Raina | 1 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 1 |
| KL Rahul | 1 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 1 |
| aiden markram | 1 |
| Rashid Khan | 1 |
| Jitesh Sharma | 1 |
| hardik pandya | 1 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 1 |
| Rajat Patidar | 1 |
| Riyan Parag | 1 |
Captain who lost most matches
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4 – Gill (v PBKS, RCB, RR, SRH)
3 – Pant (v DC, SRH, RCB)
3 – Dhoni (v PBKS, MI, PBKS)
3 – Duplessis (v PBKS, LSG, MI)
3 – Axar (V GT, GT, PBKS)
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Details of IPL matches when Shreyas finished as the losing team leader by scoring 200+ runs in IPL:
|
matching number |
Shreyas Iyer has been made the captain |
opposing team |
1scheduled tribe total innings |
2Ra innings total |
Year |
|
1. |
punjab kings |
Rajasthan Royals |
222/4 |
228/4 |
2026 |
|
2. |
punjab kings |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
245/6 |
247/2 |
2025 |
|
3 |
punjab kings |
Delhi Capitals |
206/8 |
208/4 |
2025 |
|
4. |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Rajasthan Royals |
223/6 |
224/8 |
2024 |
|
5. |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
punjab kings |
261/6 |
262/2 |
2024 |
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