On Saturday the Punjab Kings continued to maintain their playoff hopes alive by beating the Delhi Capitals in New Delhi by 31 runs. They eradicated Delhi within the course of, regardless of setting the Capitals a goal of solely 168 – a low rating when this season’s IPL totals are to be checked out.
Punjab’s innings was lifted by an excellent knock from Prabhsimran Singh, who slammed a 65-ball-103 run effort. This was his maiden Indian Premier League century – one which was stitched collectively because of 10 boundaries and 6 sixes at a strike price of 158.46. Delhi made a blistering begin within the powerplay overs as David Warner struck a 27-ball 54, however the remainder of their batsmen crumbled to Harpreet Brar.
Later former Indian batsman Virender Sehwag talked about the associated fee effectiveness of a participant like Singh. Initially Singh was bought for 4.8 crores however in one other public sale was purchased for a far lesser 60 lakhs. Sehwag in contrast his value to that of Sam Curran and took a dig on the English pacer.
“Punjab Kings have benefitted from the possibilities that they’ve given to Prabhsimran. Now, he needs to be constant. And I feel the PBKS will profit quite a bit from such a participant. When he got here for the primary time, he was purchased for some huge cash (INR 4.8 crore). This time round, he fetched fairly much less (INR 60 lakh). But he proved his expertise right now.
“He showed that he can hit those centuries. Again, he was bought for INR 60 lakh, and if a player fetching that much scores hundreds and wins you a couple of games, there can be nothing better than that. You bought Sam Curran for 18.5 crores, what has he done?” Sehwag advised Cricbuzz.
Punjab subsequent face Delhi once more on May 17 on the HPCA stadium.