Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir believes West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has to open for his IPL team Punjab Kings during the second leg of IPL 2021. He also said it makes no sense to have the big-hitting Jamaican batting at three.
English batsman, Dawid Malan makes way for South Africa batter Aiden Markram in the Punjab Kings squad as the former pulled him out of the Indian Premier League due to personal reasons.
Before COVID struck the Indian team, the plan was a bubble to bubble transfer with players of both teams taking a chartered flight to UAE.
Deepak Hooda had walked out of the team before the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last season after an altercation with captain Krunal Pandya.
Harpreet Brar recalled the memory of the interaction with Virat Kohli after the match where the RCB skipper congratulated him.
It is a famous saying in the cricket world that batsmen win you games whereas bowlers win you the tournaments. And this adage holds even greater importance in a tournament like the IPL. Smaller grounds, bigger bats, rules are tilted in favour of the batters as the shortest format of the game isn’t a friend...
Pant also said that they want to make a few adjustments ahead of the Kolkata leg.
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The destructive opening duo of Shaw - 39 off 22 balls - and Dhawan - 69 not out off 47 balls - gave another flying start to Delhi who raced to 63 for no loss in six overs.