Mullanpur, April 20 -- Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has turned the team's aggressive batting approach into a light-hearted internal challenge, revealing a friendly six-hitting contest between himself, Cooper Connolly and Priyansh Arya, with his own bat up for grabs as the symbolic prize.
Iyer said the dressing room had embraced a fearless batting mindset this season, which has now taken the form of a playful competition to see who can hit the most sixes in the IPL. "We said let us compete in this IPL for who hits the most sixes. We are up for it, and the prize is going to be my bat," he noted with a smile.
Punjab batsmen collectively struck 21 sixes against Lucknow Super Giants, underlining their dominance in the innings. Of the team...