IPL 2025 | Need to take bull by the horns: Shreyas Iyer after PBKS lose to RCB

In the IPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB Punjab Kings PBKS suffered a loss by seven wicketsThe defeat against PBKS helped Rajat Patidar and his men to reach the third spot on the IPL 2025 points tableFollowing his sides loss skipper Shreyas Iyer said that PBKS are unable to capitalise on their startsIf you see the majority of the batsmen they love to go from ball one We are not able to capitalise on the starts we are getting The wicket is getting slower and slower Even in the middle phase we thought we could take on the bowlers Credit to Virat and the boys he said according to ESPNcricinfoDespite delivering a good start Punjab failed to maintain its momentum The failure of their middle order has now turned out to be a major concern for the sideAlso ReadIPL 2025 Virat Kohli dedicates POTM award to PadikkalWe keep talking about adapting to the wicket Few of the other middleorder batsmen need to step up need to take the bull by the horns Im in a great mind space Just that I need to cross ten runs I just need to be freeflowing as well he addedThe Punjab Kings will now have a break of six days The Shreyas Iyerled side will lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders KKR on April 26 at the Eden GardensWeve got six days of break so its important we go back to the drawing board Its important to assess our body as well Iyer addedComing to the match RCB won the toss and opted to bowl first After openers Priyansh Arya 22 in 15 balls with three fours and a six and Prabhsimran Singh 33 in 17 balls with five fours and a six delivered a fine 42run stand they just could not recapture their hold in the match once again as spinners Krunal 225 and Suyash Sharma 226 dominated the batting A 43run stand between Marco Jansen 25 in 20 balls with two sixes and Shashank Singh 31 in 33 balls with a four took PBKS to a modest 1576 in their 20 oversDuring the runchase of 158 runs RCB lost Phil Salt early however halfcenturies from Virat Kohli 73 in 54 balls with seven fours and a six and Devdutt Padikkal 61 in 35 balls with five fours and four sixes took RCB to a seven wicket win with seven balls leftWith this win RCB has managed to avenge their fivewicket loss to PBKS at their home stadium of M Chinnaswammy Stadium and secured their fifth win of the season They are in third spot with five wins three losses and 10 points With a same winloss ratio PBKS is at fourth spotWith ANI InputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params