Ricky Ponting,Shreyas Iyer Magic literally acted as the Punjab Kings, which reached the IPL playoffs after an 11 -year gap. The Punjab -based franchise gave memorable games this season and sealed a playoff berth after a thrilling victory against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday. Option to bat first, PBK posted a total of 219/5 in 20 overs Nehal wadera And Shashank Singh hit a half -century. In chasing, RR went to Burcek after scoring 89 runs at Powerplay, but the PBK bowlers quickly bounced back and limited them to 209/7 and won the match by 10 runs.
The biggest hero of PBKS’s victory was left -handed spinner Harpreet bread As he rejected three dangerous batsmen – Yashsvi Jaiswal (50), Splendor (40), and Ryan Parag (13), and helped her side to bounce back.
Brar, who leaked only 22 runs in his four-over Kota, also received the Player of the Match award. During the ceremony, he dedicated the award to his wife Molly Sandhu, with which he tied the knot in March this year.
During the post -match presentation, Brar said, “It is good. I want to dedicate the award to my wife. This is my first player after marriage.”
“We practice a lot against the left handers, Ponting Sir has told us that a leftist can get out a leftist. I have worked on it, I knew that they would come after me, but I supported the bowling for my strength. The way the wicket was playing and he was playing, the plan was not to give a limit or give them an easy ball.”
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This season, Brar did not get a chance to play in the opening matches. He played his first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 18 April, where he took two wickets in two overs.
“After Chahal’s arrival, I felt that it would be easy to bowl with him, I did not get any chance in the beginning, but cricket is a fun game, I always thought that once I would get a chance I would grab it,” Brar said.
Already eligible for the playoffs, PBK will now take to Delhi Capital in their next match on Saturday as they expect the top two to end.
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