"Great feeling, I'm getting a name among legends": Priyansh Arya on his maiden IPL century

New Delhi [India] April 9 (ANI): Punjab Kings batter Priyansh Arya expressed his joy for applause after his maiden century in the Indian Premier League 2025 against the Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday and said such performances boost his confidence.
"These things give me a lot of confidence. It's a great feeling because I'm getting a name among all the legends. Well, I can tell you the first practice game we played...It feels really good. It's an out-of-the-world feeling. Obviously, scoring a run is a different thing and scoring a hundred is a different thing. So it feels really good." Priyansh Arya said per a video posted by IPL.
He also spoke about the level of competition.
"I thought that if it was in my slot, I would take that shot. I would back myself. It's not like I'm going to take a single. Even if the wickets fall, I'll back myself. I mean, I think I can clear the boundary. It feels really good. There's a little more pressure here. There's a crowd. I mean, obviously, every bowler you're getting internationally who's been playing for many years, you're getting legends," he said.
"It feels good to perform against them. This is what I always learn. I mean, no matter how many times I get out, they don't say anything to me. They're always positive. They don't teach me anything that I can do this. They used to say, if you get the next ball here, hit it out of the ground. So that gives me a lot of confidence. Everything is positive," he added.
Opener Priyansh Arya's maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) century helped hosts Punjab Kings (PBKS) score 219 runs and set up victory over five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), who lost the encounter by 18 runs.
Braving the fall of wickets from the other end, Priyansh scored a counter-attacking 103 in 42 balls, with seven fours and nine sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 245.24. He scored the fourth-fastest century in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday, tying with Australian star batter Travis Head.
He brought up his century in just 39 balls, also, this is the eighth IPL ton by an uncapped player in tournament history, after Shaun Marsh (Australia in IPL 2008), Manish Pandey (India in IPL 2009), Paul Valthaty (India in IPL 2009), Devdutt Padikkal (India in IPL 2021), Rajat Patidar and Yashasvi Jaiswal (India, IPL 2022), Prabhsimran Singh (India, IPL 2023). (ANI)