Mullanpur [India], : The Punjab Kings have been unable to get previous the Rajasthan Royals within the Indian Premier League encounter on Saturday on the new PCA Stadium, Mullanpur, shedding the low-scoring thriller by three wickets. HT Picture The bowling assault confirmed large preventing spirit taking the match to the final over. Excessive-intensity spells from Kagiso Rabada who recorded 2/18 in his 4 overs, and the stand-in Captain Sam Curran, who picked 2 wickets and gave simply 25 runs in his 4 overs, ensured that the house facet stretched the match until the ultimate ball. Unlock unique entry to the story of India’s common elections, solely on the HT App. Obtain Now! On the post-match press convention, Punjab Kings Head of cricket Growth Sanjay Bangar praised the facet for battling it out within the center until the top. “We have been pretty consistent with the team that we have played. Most of our games have gone to the last over. We have been extremely competitive. Even tonight, at one point it felt that the game would be over soon. But the way the fielders hung on, and the bowlers kept pegging on, it just shows the character that the team possesses,” Bangar mentioned “So yes, we are not getting the results, but it’s the kind of character and the kind of fight that is being shown by the team that is exemplary,” he added. Punjab missed skipper Shikhar Dhawan on Saturday because the opener was dominated out because of an harm. Bangar gave an replace on Dhawan and mentioned, “Well, unfortunately, we missed out on Shikhar because he has a shoulder injury. We will have to wait and see how he responds to the treatment. It seems that he could be out of action for at least 7-10 days.” Curran led the facet as Captain in Dhawan’s absence on Saturday and Bangar defined that the England allrounder was at all times Punjab Kings’ first option to be the stand-in Captain in case Dhawan is unavailable for any motive. “Our thought was always that because Sam has led the team in the previous year as well, he would be the stand-in Captain. He was late to arrive from the UK because of which, he wanted to have a few sessions in before the start of the season. Hence, we could not send him to Chennai for the inauguration of the season and Jitesh Sharma was sent in his place as Dhawan’s replacement for the photoshoot,” Bangar mentioned on the topic. Punjab opener Jonny Bairstow has scored 96 runs in 6 video games to date this season. On being requested about his kind, the previous Indian cricketer backed Bairstow and the highest order to fireplace quickly. “Yeah, it is certainly a cause of concern that the top order is not making enough runs for us but they are trying hard. They are applying themselves. All games in Mullanpur have been low-scoring games because of how the wicket behaves. In the first six overs with the new ball, the wicket tends to just lag a little bit and there is uneven bounce as well. That is another contributing factor because of which, not only for us but also for the visiting teams, the top order is facing issues here,” Bangar mentioned. “We are constantly having conversations about what are the scoring options on such tracks and that is where the boys are putting in a lot of effort. Currently, it’s not coming off, but I am pretty sure that they are just one knock away,” he added. Bangar additionally praised Ashutosh Sharma, who scored an unbeaten 31 off 16 balls on the night time, serving to Punjab submit a difficult complete, and likewise praised Jitesh Sharma who had injured an eyebrow whereas coaching, however nonetheless batted and saved the wickets all through the match on Saturday. “Credit to Ashutosh for the way again he is batted in the last four or five overs. Jitesh Sharma, who fought through the injury that he had. He had 15 stitches on his eyebrow, so he also contributed at a crucial juncture of the game. So these are boys of immense character and we certainly look at those positives, when we look at this game and wait for the next one to come,” he signed off. Punjab Kings will tackle Mumbai Indians on Thursday, th at 19:30 hrs IST. This text was generated from an automatic information company feed with out modifications to textual content.
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