There's reason I spent so much on him at auction: Ponting after Shreyas' 101*

After PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer scored 101*(51) against LSG, head coach Ricky Ponting said, "There’s a reason I spent as much money at the auction as I did a couple of years ago." "He's a very mature player...and now...a mature leader," he added. PBKS bought Shreyas for ₹26.75 crore in IPL 2025 auction and later retained him for next season.