Last season marked Iyer’s first campaign with Punjab Kings, where he led the team to the final, falling short against RCB. This year, the 31-year-old will look to guide the Kings to their maiden IPL title and claim his second trophy as captain.
Ahead of the new season, Punjab Kings shared the jersey reveal on X on March 11, featuring Shreyas Iyer posing in the striking new kit. The post highlighted the team’s ambitions for the 2026 edition.
In the 2025 season, Iyer was the franchise’s leading run-scorer, amassing 604 runs at an average of 50.33 with a strike rate of 175.07, including six half-centuries.
Punjab Kings IPL 2026 Schedule (Opening Phase):
March 31: vs Gujarat Titans – Mullanpur
April 3: vs Chennai Super Kings – Away
April 6: vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Away
April 11: vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Mullanpur
Punjab Kings Squad for IPL 2026:
Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Musheer Khan, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Cooper Connolly, Vishal Nishad.
