After the Punjab Kings pulled off a exceptional win towards the Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday, their head coach Ricky Ponting had some eye-opening issues to say about Yuzvendra Chahal. It seems Chahal performed an enormous function in turning the sport round, however earlier than the match, he was coping with a shoulder harm he picked up of their earlier outing towards the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Ponting shared throughout a post-match interview that Chahal needed to go a health take a look at simply hours earlier than the sport.
“I really pulled him apart in the course of the warm-up, Ponting mentioned. I regarded straight at him and requested, ‘Are you good to go?’ He gave me a strong ‘Coach, I’m one hundred pc fantastic, let me get on the market!’ And wow, what a efficiency he gave us,” he remarked, referring to Chahal’s excellent show of bowling the place he took 4 wickets and helped safe the win for the Kings.
Ponting was actually pleased with his workforce’s dedication, however he didn’t maintain again when it got here to addressing their batting points. “Actually, even when we had misplaced right now, I nonetheless would have felt proud about how we approached the second half of the sport. Our batting, although? Not so nice—shot choice was off, and the execution wasn’t there,” he acknowledged. Ponting, nonetheless, was excited to see his gamers exhibiting vitality and perception on the sphere. “It was apparent to everybody that we have been sharper right now, and that was essential for our success,” he added.
He continued, “If we’d ended up shedding a detailed one, I’d have stood there telling the fellows it was a defining second for our season. As an alternative, we dug deep and turned it round. At halftime, I believe most individuals didn’t imagine we may defend that rating, however we did! All the fellows performed exceptionally effectively tonight.”
Because of this win, the Punjab Kings now sit on eight factors after taking part in six matches. The workforce is at the moment tied on factors with the Gujarat Titans on the prime of the leaderboard, although they sit in fourth place proper now because of a decrease web run fee. It’s wanting good for Shreyas Iyer and his squad, they usually’ll hope to maintain the momentum going of their future matches.
