India, March 25 -- Shreyas Iyer has marked his Punjab Kings debut with an unbeaten 97 off 42 balls in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season opener against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. Iyer hit a whopping nine sixes and five fours on his way to the ton. He shared a couple of blistering stands with debutant Priyansh Arora and Marcus Stoinis but the standout was his final partnership with Shashank Singh, with the pair putting up an unbeaten stand of 81 runs in a scarcely believable 28 balls.

Iyer was made captain by the franchise after acquiring him for Rs.26.75 crore, thus briefly making him the most expensive player in the history of the IPL auctions. He came in to bat at No.3 in the fourth over after the dismissal of Prabhsim...