An innings short of a century, an innings that ended at 97, is it short of 100? Probably not. After all Shreyas Iyer underwent after leaving Kolkata Knight Riders, it should be a perfect treat to the eyes. A clean innings, boundaries raining at all corned, the stubborn face after waving off the physios despite getting hit on his shoulders, and an unfazed yet appreciating captain on the other side watching his teammate Shashank Singh smashing the bowlers with ease-—Iyer showed all faces. While leaving KKR, the team he won his last IPL trophy in 2024, lots of questions arose regarding his loyalty! Not just him, but players like Mitchell Starc and even Nitish Rana, who has been with the franchise for a long time, questioned the management's attitude towards retention. But people overlooked. After the 2025 Champions Trophy, Iyer spilled about "recognition" which also became a whirlwind. But as Harsha Bhogle said, in countries like India, fans take 10 seconds to reverse the three alphabets- G, O, D. And today, after a stormy innings from "Sarpanch sahab," social media itself answered their own previous doubts. Here are some post on X to have a watch: Shreyas Iyer missed the well deserved hundred man. But what a crazy knock from the Punjab Kings captain. pic.twitter.com/y4cAFd7OZe — R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) March 25, 2025 TAKE A BOW, SHREYAS IYER. 💯- 97* (42) with 5 fours and 9 sixes by captain Iyer on his PBKS debut. A sensational knock by Iyer, he's made a clear statement! 👏🔥 pic.twitter.com/xbWU87c5QY — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 25, 2025 No StatpaddingNo PRNo begging of single for century No BCCI contractNo paid narrativesJust pure passion for the game. Sir Shreyas Iyer 🐐🔥 pic.twitter.com/PoZ0Ur6UnL — ` (@R0hitinveins) March 25, 2025 Read also: Who Has Scored the Most Runs in IPL History? No sympathy No pr No comeback ads No being unlucky crying No fitness issue No excuses No failure coverup No statpading or selfless cry Just pure performance and dedication for the team.That's Shreyas Iyer for you pic.twitter.com/RPCnCJLrMs — ` (@Dhoni_fied) March 25, 2025 Not 💯 but worthy of high praise this inning by Shreyas Iyer. — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 25, 2025 - IPL fifty as Delhi Captain.- IPL fifty as Kolkata Captain.- IPL fifty as Punjab Captain.ONE & ONLY SHREYAS IYER 🥶 pic.twitter.com/nfIY7TGEn4 — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 25, 2025 Selfless Shreyas Iyer 🔥🔥🔥Marvelous 97 runs from 42 balls Didn't take single in last over. Not talking about Virat Kohli. pic.twitter.com/kPEJ22OpH5 — Old Monk (@mroldmonkk) March 25, 2025 Shreyas Iyer, Once Again He Proved Himself pic.twitter.com/gVO7Iyk2eW — Mayurrrr (@themayurchouhan) March 25, 2025 Shreyas Iyer reminding the world that he is still the IPL champion captain pic.twitter.com/XVPZY9mt80 — Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 25, 2025 Shashank Singh said, "Shreyas Iyer told me from ball 1 that 'don't look at my hundred'. Just play your shots, I'm happy". pic.twitter.com/uPK2H1Qhxg — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 25, 2025 Shreyas loves icing on the cake. A win in Ahmedabad will definitely do the icing. And answering doubts? Hopefully he has done that in the first innings! And so far about Shashank Singh ruining Iyer's well deserved centur, isn't this how a team sports played, not looking at personal milestones!