Amidst so many players performing brilliantly against their ex-franchises, former KKR captain and now the skipper of Shreyas Iyer could not even open his account against the defending champions as he got out on a 2-ball duck. Shreyas Iyer had led KKR to their first title after 10 years in 2024 and all eyes were on him as turned up as the skipper of his new franchise Punjab Kings against his former franchise where he was not retained. Also Read | 'Didn't get recognition after leading KKR to IPL win': Shreyas Iyer Iyer's innings lasted only 2 balls as he cut a short and wide delivery from Harshit Rana straight to Ramandeep Singh at deep backward point who took a brilliant catch. Watch Video below 👇 That's a STUNNER 😮🎥 Ramandeep Singh pulls off a splendid grab to help Harshit Rana get 2⃣ in the over!#PBKS are 42/3 after 5 overs.#TATAIPL | #PBKSvKKR | @KKRiders pic.twitter.com/yBRPjJzdle — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 15, 2025 Also Read | IPL 2025 Match 31: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings – Toss Update & Playing XI PBKS lose four in the powerplay after opting to bat Not only Iyer but his team Punjab Kings have had a poor outing so far. Having won the toss, Iyer chose to bat first stating that the wicket is really good. It seemed to be a good call until young sensation Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh raced off to 33/0 after 3 overs. But then KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane turned to Harshit Rana who did the magic for him with a double strike by dismissing Arya and Iyer in the same over. Also Read | Ramandeep Singh never fails! Harshit Rana gets Arya and Iyer in an over In his next over, Rana got rid of Prabhsimran as well on the last ball of the powerplay getting his third wicket inside two overs and interestingly all the three wickets were caught by Ramandeep off Rana. In between Rana's overs, Varun Chakaravarthy castled IPL debutant from Australia, Josh Inglis and PBKS were 54/4 after 6 overs with Maxwell and Wadhera at the crease.