Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that IPL 2025 gives a great opportunity to Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer to once again prove his captaincy skills. He added that the former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain believes he hasn’t been credited enough for their title-winning run in IPL 2024.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Opportunities are endless. One is for Shreyas Iyer, just the golden touch that he has, and the relationship he has with Punter (Ricky Ponting). Can he replicate that at one more place? He said he didn’t get the credit he deserved for what he did with KKR. He lifted the trophy.”

“So now I think there is something somewhere which is just hurting a little. I am not saying seething, but a little hurt is there somewhere, which he might want to get over here. You took Delhi to the final and won Kolkata the final, so project Punjab and the relationship between Shreyas and Ponting, I think that’s a huge opportunity,” he further shared.

However, Aakash Chopra also shared that the Punjab Kings’ new signing Priyansh Arya has the opportunity to replicate his Delhi Premier League form in IPL 2025.

“The second opportunity I see is for Priyansh Arya, if he gets a chance. He hit a lot in DPL (Delhi Premier League). He was hitting a lot of sixes, he hit six sixes in an over, but can he replicate that if he gets an opportunity, because there is an outside chance that they might open with Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya,” he said.

“However, if they do that, will that actually work out? I don’t know, but that’s a huge, huge opportunity for Priyansh Arya. Apart from that, the Indian fast bowlers will have to play as it won’t work out just with Arshdeep Singh. There will be one or two more fast bowlers if you go with either Marco Jansen or Azmatullah Omarzai,” Aakash Chopra concluded.