I never felt challenged by any bowler in the IPL: Priyansh Arya

Punjab Kings' opening batter Priyansh Arya, who is currently the fifth leading run-scorer in the ongoing Delhi Premier League 2025 season, has stated that he was never challenged by any opposition bowler in the Indian Premier League 2025 season.

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Notably, in the IPL 2025 season, Arya accumulated 475 runs from 17 innings at an average of 29.74 and a strike rate of 179.24 with a century and two half-centuries. His best score of the season was a 103-run knock against the Chennai Super Kings.

Priyansh initiated his IPL career with a 47-run knock, and in his fourth innings, he went on to hit a 39-ball century against the Chennai Super Kings. Eventually, he ended up scoring 103 runs off 42 balls to announce his arrival in the shortest format of the game.

Arya, who is currently the fifth-leading run-scorer in DPL 2025, has amassed 303 runs in eight innings, which includes a 52-ball century against the East Delhi Riders. On Wednesday, August 20, he scored a 30-ball 76-run knock against North Delhi Strikers to propel his team to a seven-wicket win.

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"I never felt challenged by any bowler in the IPL. I believed I could handle them all. The same players feature in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, including India's internationals, so the level didn't feel very different," Priyansh told News18.

"Bura to abhi bhi lagta hai... final tha! (I still feel bad, it was the IPL final!)," he said when asked about PBKS’ six-run loss to RCB in the IPL 2025 grand finale. 

"Reaching the final after so many years (for PBKS) was special. For me, it was my first final and Punjab's first in 11 years. I still feel I could have contributed more, but things didn't go our way. That regret will stay until we finally win a title," he concluded.

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