Shashank Singh, Prabhasimran Singh, Priyansh Arya and Nehal Vadhera
Punjab Kings emerged as a good team under the supervision of Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy and coach Ricky Ponting in IPL 2025. The team qualified for the playoffs while staying on the top of the points table. Uncapted players performed well for Punjab. After 2014, Punjab made it to the playoffs for the first time. It also has an important role in coach Ponting. Before joining Punjab, he had clearly told the owners that they need full control in the team operations. The results of giving them open exemption are revealed that the team performed so brilliantly.
Ponting praised 4 Indian players
Ricky Ponting said that I think there are four players who can play for India. Before going to the auction, I watched Priyansh Arya’s videos for many hours and I wanted him in the team at all costs. Prabhasimran is just 24 years old and has become the most unaccounted player in the history of IPL. Nehal Vadhera can also play for India in middle order. At the same time, Shashank Singh’s strike rate and the skill of hitting sixes sixes at the end of the innings makes him useful players.
Prabhasimran and Priyansh performed well
For Punjab Kings, Prabhasimran Singh has scored 499 runs in the current season. At the same time, 424 runs have been scored from Priyansh Arya’s bat, including a century and two half -centuries. Both these players have given a good start by opening for Punjab and blowing up the powerplay of the opposing bowlers. On the other hand Nehal Vadhera has scored 298 runs and Shashank Singh has scored 284 runs. Both these players have also played important innings for the team.
Started forming team from auction: Ponting
Ricky Ponting said that we started with the auction only when only two unaccounted players were retained for which there was a lot of criticism. People felt that we made a mistake but I was quite clear where I wanted to take the team and for that we should choose the right player. The season has been good so far and in the last match against Mumbai Indians, six unkapped players were in the team who performed brilliantly.
(Input: PTI)
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