IPL 2022: How Mayank Agarwal Defended Odean Smith For Last Over After GT Beat PBKS

'We Totally Back Odean' - Mayank Agarwal Defends PBKS Allrounder Despite Last-Ball Defeat

Mumbai: Following the heartbreaking loss against Gujarat Titans by six wickets on Friday, Punjab Kings allrounder Odean Smith faced massive backlash for not being able to finish the game with the ball in the last over. Despite the loss, captain Mayank Agarwal showed faith in Smith and defended him at the post-match presentation. Mayank claimed to continue backing Smith.

“In the last over obviously it could have been anybody’s game. We totally back Odean – it could have gone either way but it’s fine, we back him 100 percent,” Mayank said.

Mayank also reckoned Punjab were a few runs short of where they would have wanted to be but was happy to have reached where they did after losing a few wickets in the middle. Mayank said: “It was a tough game but we really fought hard. We were 5-7 runs short but we pulled it back after the start they had. We did really well to get ourselves to that score after losing so many wickets so we were really happy with that and I’m really happy with how we fought on the field.”