India, June 4 -- It wasn't meant to be for Shreyas Iyer in his first season as captain for Punjab Kings, as a memorable year taking the team to only their second IPL final ended in heartbreak with a loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad. Punjab weren't able to get over the line as their batting performance was kept in check by RCB's bowling.

Nevertheless, Iyer felt that Punjab had failed to track down what he thought was a par score on that wicket. He credited RCB's bowling performance, specifically Krunal Pandya who finished with figures of 2-17 and took home his second IPL final player of the match award.

"Considering the game we played last against MI, I personally felt that 200 was a par score. But they bowled brilliantly...