New Delhi, April 28 -- Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer revealed that negative comments from him closed ones and watching greats like AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have had a serious impact on his game in the past couple of years. After Iyer's par show in the 2024 season of the Indian Premier league (IPL) with the bat, Iyer came out all guns blazing with 600-plus runs in 2025.

In the ongoing IPL 2026, the right-hander has already accumulated 279 runs from eight games, including four fifty-plus scores. Speaking to former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan at a JioStar show, Iyer admitted that people's double on his ability to handle the short ball triggered his preparation and mindset. "People said I would never fix my short-...