‘Defensive Mindset’: Former India Participant Criticises Punjab Kings Spinner For His Poor Stats in IPL 2025
Punjab Kings purchased him for an enormous quantity of INR 18 crore within the IPL 2025 public sale.
The previous India participant Wasim Jaffer has reckoned Punjab Kings (PBKS) participant Yuzvendra Chahal to be a bit “off-colour” within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He opined that the leg-spinner is underneath stress, and it’s mirrored in his recreation as nicely.
Jaffer’s Ideas On Yuzvendra Chahal
“I believe the few deliveries he bowled, when he picked up Travis Head’s wicket, I believe that’s what we have to see Chahal bowl extra usually. Trying to spin the ball, trying to bowl googlies, trying to put some revs on the ball, which I believe we’re lacking from watching Yuzi. He’s very defensive in his mindset, and the stress is just about seen on his face that he’s off-colour,” mentioned Jaffer to ESPN Cricinfo.
After a smashing three-year stint with Rajasthan Royals (RR) since 2022, he’s struggling to choose up wickets on this season. The Haryana spinner scalped 66 wickets in 46 matches for RR. Beforehand, he turned the all-time highest wicket-taker for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). He bagged 139 wickets in 113 matches in his eight-year stint with RCB since 2014.
Nonetheless, this version has proved to be a troublesome one for Chahal thus far. He has managed to choose up solely two wickets in 5 matches of the IPL 2025.
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Former Punjab Kings Participant Agrees With Jaffer
The previous Punjab Kings participant (then Kings XI Punjab), Piyush Chawla, additionally opined the identical in regards to the leg-spinner. Chawla, who represented the franchise from 2008 to 2013, felt that Chahal is missing his type this season. Chahal is generally recognized for troubling batters along with his unreadable googlies. However Chawla seen that the spinner shouldn’t be bowling them this season.
“We now have not seen him bowl googlies additionally. In case you are bowling huge exterior off-stump for them, then it’s going away from them. So, you finally get an opportunity to choose a wicket or one thing like that, however he didn’t bowl these, possibly due to lack of type in the event you see this season,” he said.
Punjab Kings’ sensible marketing campaign thus far on this season was halted by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) final evening. Their mammoth whole of 245 went in useless as SRH openers made the chase appear like a cakewalk. Abhishek Sharma starred along with his blazing 55-ball-141 as SRH gained the match with 9 balls remaining.
Nonetheless, this was Punjab’s second loss in 5 matches within the IPL 2025. They’ll tackle Kolkata Knight Riders in Mullanpur on April 15.
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