In the first qualifier of IPL 2025, RCB defeated Punjab by 8 wickets in a one-sided manner. However, despite this defeat, Shreyas Iyer's shoulders are not bowed down. In a way, he challenged and said that he has lost the battle, not the war.

Punjab Kings were defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first qualifier of IPL 2025. Bangalore won the match by 8 wickets and Punjab lost 10 overs earlier. However, despite this defeat, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer roared and said something that has become a topic of discussion. After losing the match, Shreyas Iyer said that he will work again after this defeat but at the same time he said that Punjab's team has lost the match battle, not the war.

What did Shreyas Iyer say after losing to RCB?

After losing the match to RCB, Shreyas Iyer said, 'This is not a day to forget, but we have to plan again. We lost many wickets. There is a lot that we have to go back and study. I am honestly not doubting my decisions. Whatever planning we did outside the field was right. We just could not implement it on the field. I cannot blame the bowlers either, because the score was very low to defend. We have to work on our batting, especially on this wicket. Some uneven bounce has been seen in all the matches played here. By the way, we cannot give this reason for the defeat because we are professionals and we have to bat according to the situation and face it. We have lost the battle, but not the war.'

Iyer himself failed

Shreyas Iyer had a chance in Qualifier 1 to save the troubled team by playing a captaincy innings but his game ended in just 3 balls. He lost his wicket by playing a very bad shot on Josh Hazlewood's ball. Let us tell you that Iyer looks very troubled against Hazlewood. He has been out against Hazlewood four times in the T20 format. Not only the captain sahab, no batsman of Punjab could take the trouble of staying on the pitch. Not a single batsman of Punjab could even touch the figure of 30, Stoinis scored the highest 26 runs. Punjab's team could score only 101 runs and as a result RCB lost the match 60 balls earlier.