Govind: “What’s the plus sign next to Prabhsimran’s name in the scorecard” Wicketkeeper. Abhimanyu, our opening bowler, opening batter, premier allrounder, will be back for the chase.
ashish: “Last 5 over run rate is lesser than overall rate. That shows punjab slowed just a little. Will it hurt them? Going by how Lsg batters have gone this season, i will give punjab the upper hand unless Pant says enough is enough and pulls himself and his team up and over.”
Hajam Zakir : “Peshawar Zalmi 255/7 beat Punjab Kings 254/7 by 1 run.”
Cooper Connolly Feels like a nice wicket, won’t judge it till two wickets followed. Will back the bowlers, looking forward to get stuck in. I was playing the ball on merit early, 19 off 22 was panic stations, gave myself a chance to hit sixes late. Once you hit a couple of balls off the middle, you start feeling the flow. Priyansh doesn’t say much to me, hits the ball far, world-class batter.
9:19pm Tough pitch to bat, Ball holding, flying through unpredictably, so much spin, how will another run ever be scored? You know, run fests in T20s are derided sometimes, and it’s understandable, but gotta say, this was fun. It was a rough start for PBKS as Shami nicked off Prabhsimran early and Connolly took time to get set. Priyansh, though, got off to a flier and hit sixes at will. The carnage went next level in the back-ten overs. The first three, in fact, went for 69! Four of the last ten overs went under seven or less, yet PBKS made 154 in the phase. It was because Priyansh and Connolly didn’t care for line or length and just mullered every ball out of sight. Word of praise for Prince Yadav who nailed his yorkers and finished with an economy of just 6.25.
Prince Yadav to Stoinis, 1 run, OUT, Stunnig bowling! Near yorker. 137ks low full toss on leg, flicked through midwicket. Pooran ran in and threw it on the bounce over leg stump. Pant whips off the bail… no, it was a direct hit replay shows. Five off the last over, effectively a maiden
