Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer rates THIS man as 'the best bowler in the IPL so far'

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has called experienced leggie Yuzvendra Chahal "one of the best bowlers" in the Indian Premier League.

After a subdued start to the this edition of the T20 tournament, the Punjab Kings spinner has found his rhythm and took the wickets of Rajat Patidar and Jitesh Sharma in PKBS' five-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday. Iyer also revealed that he has told the former RCB and RR spinner to play attacking cricket instead of worrying over leaking runs.

"Personally I had a chat with Chahal. I told him you are a match winner and you need to get us wickets as much as possible. You don't need to be safe in your approach," Iyer was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

The first player in IPL history to claim 200 wickets, Haryana native "Yuzi" Chahal is also the tournament's most successful bowler in terms of scalps to date. The 1990-born bowler has got eight wickets from seven games this season for the Kings.

"He is one of the best bowlers in the IPL, probably the best bowler in the IPL so far," he added after the win over RCB.

Punjab Kings bowlers restricted RCB to 95/9 in a rain-curtailed 14 overs-a-side match at the Chinnaswami Stadium before their batters completed the chase in 12.1 overs.

Asked to bat first, RCB lost wickets at regular intervals with the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Chahal, Marco Jansen and Harpreet Brar doing the bulk of the damage for the visiting team.

If not for Man of the Match Tim David, RCB would have faced a humiliating defeat in front of the home crowd.