Hope for RCB rekindled? Romario Shepherd sends back PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer for 1; fans already congratulate RCB

The majority of the crowd at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad were supporters of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise. However, after watching their team falter against Punjab Kings (PBKS) following a modest total of just 190 runs on the board in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 final, the stadium fell silent.

But Romario Shepherd brought the crowd back to life by dismissing the dangerous PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer for just 1 run. The stadium erupted in cheers, and fans online began hoping for a miracle victory for RCB.

Interestingly, Shreyas Iyer has faced RCB four times this season — and failed to reach double digits in all four matches.

Seeing the most dangerous batter for PBKS depart so cheaply got netizens talking. Many took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to speak about how his wicket was so very important if RCB needed to win this match.

One said, "Shreyas iyer gone!!!!!!!!!!!!"


Another said, "Finally the best wicket we all needed...Shreyas Iyer gone."


One wrote, "Shreyas Iyer departs cheaply, the CWC style, b Shepherd."


Another wrote, "Shreyas Iyer's wicket is the most important wicket becoz he could have won the match for Punjab on his own but after his dismissal all the players on the field includingVirat Kohlijumped with joy."



Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood
Impact Subs: Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Suyash Sharma.

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlet, Harpreet Brar