After Shreyas Iyer-led PBKS defeated MI in IPL 2025 Qualifier 2, former India cricketer Robin Uthappa said, "I’ve said this time and again and I’ll say it again!! Iyer will captain India in multiple formats!!" "He has to!! He is that good," Uthappa added. Iyer played an unbeaten knock of 87 runs as PBKS reached the final after 11 years.