Shreyas Iyer proved his brilliance as a captain and as a batsman as well for Punjab Kings in the recently concluded IPL 2025, where Punjab came second after Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

But in the T20 Mumbai League, Iyer is not playing as the captain of SOBO Mumbai Falcons; rather, he has been contributing as an impact player, where a young Angkrish Raghuvanshi is carrying the heavy role of captaincy. Before the league's yesterday match against Aakash Tigers MWS, Raghuvanshi tagged Iyer as the 'Sarpanch Saab.'

After an impressive performance, Mumbai Falcons confirmed a spot in the semifinals against Bandra Blasters, which is scheduled to play tomorrow, June 10, at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Before that semifinal, in their last group stage match, the Falcons, batting second, won against the Tigers, chasing a first innings score of 136.

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi and his boys' collective effort stached the semifinal spot

Iyer came into the crease as an impact player and scored only 11 with a 100.00 strike rate. During the short innings, the starting batter hit only an over-boundary. But the captain of Falcons, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, played a captain's knock, 41 runs, facing the same number of balls, powered by four 4s. He was well accompanied by his opening partner, Ishan Simran Mulchandani, the highest scorer of the match for the Falcons, who bagged 52 against 41 balls. His innings was decorated with a couple of 4s and three 6s.

In the middle order, it was Harsh Ramnath Aghav who sealed the win for the Falcons with a stormy 7-ball, unbeaten 23-run innings with the help of 3 over-boundaries. 

Watch the moment when Angkrish Raghuvanshi called Shreyas Iyer 'Sarpanch Saab'

Angkrish Raghuvanshi : Our Sarpanch Saab is the impact player today 😂❤️ pic.twitter.com/uJNDZtnizh

— Parv 🚩 (@ParvCryEmoji) June 9, 2025