Priyansh Arya Breaks Record Of Scoring Most Runs By An Uncapped Indian In...
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In 17 matches of IPL 2025 for Punjab Kings, Priyansh Arya scored 475 runs. He scored one century against CSK and two half-centuries.
Punjab Kings signed Priyansh Arya for Rs 3.80 crore in the mega auction last year, and in his maiden IPL season, the 24-year-old left-handed batter from Delhi impressed everyone with his batting performances. He finished the IPL 2025 season with 475 runs in 17 matches. His tally of 475 runs helps him break the record of most runs in an IPL season by an uncapped Indian batter.
Before Arya, the record was in the name of Devdutt Padikkal. In IPL 2020, Padikkal scored 473 runs for RCB.
475 – Priyansh Arya, 2025
473 – Devdutt Padikkal, 2020
439 – Shreyas Iyer, 2015
397 – Tilak Varma, 2022
391 – Rahul Tripathi, 2017
370 – Venkatesh Iyer, 2021
Arya scored one century and two fifties for Shreyas Iyer-led side in IPL 2025.
In the IPL 2025 final for PBKS against RCB, currently underway at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Arya opened the innings in the 191-run chase and scored 24 runs from 19 balls with the help of four fours. He added 43 runs in five overs with Prabhsimran Singh (26) for the first wicket before Josh Hazlewood brought an end to his innings.
The overall record of scoring most runs in a debut IPL season by an uncapped batter is in the name of Shaun Marsh. The left-handed top-order batter from Australia played 11 matches for PBKS in 2008 and scored 616 runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal holds the record for scoring the most runs in an IPL season by an uncapped batter. The Mumbai-based batter played 14 matches for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2023 and scored 628 runs.
Priyansh's performance in IPL 2025
Arya made his IPL debut for PBKS against GT in Ahmedabad on March 25 and scored 47 runs from 23 balls. In PBKS' second league match against LSG in Lucknow, he got out for 8 runs from nine balls and was clean bowled for a golden duck by Jofra Archer in the PBKS-RR match on April 5 in Mullanpur.
He, however, quickly bounced back from that setback and scored a 38-ball century against CSK on April 8.
In PBKS' fifth league match, Arya scored 36 off 13 balls against SRH and followed it up with scores of 22 from 12 against KKR, 16 against RCB in Mullanpur and 22 in Bengaluru.
In PBKS' last six league matches, the left-handed batter scored 69 against KKR, 23 vs CSK, 1 against LSG, 9 against RR, 6 against DC and 62 against the Mumbai Indians in Jaipur.
In Qualifier 1, Arya made 7 runs against RCB, and in Qualifier 2, he made 20 against MI.
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