After a profitable win towards the Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal revealed why he dropped himself down the order and hinted towards a possible change within the batting line-up for the forthcoming video games of the IPL 2022.
Agarwal determined to bat within the middle-order within the just lately concluded sport and didn’t be a part of Shikhar Dhawan to open the innings. As a substitute, it was Jonny Bairstow who walked alongside Dhawan, nonetheless, he failed miserably as he scored only a single run. The change within the lineup labored for PBKS as Dhawan batted freely to guide the sport from the entrance and scored an unbeaten 53-ball 62.
Agarwal spoke in regards to the cause behind him taking such a choice as he mentioned that it was for the great for the workforce as they missed getting fingers on some essential video games just lately.
“We want to string a couple of wins back-to-back now (Choice to ship Liam Livingstone up the order and Bairstow to open). We’re attempting to get the most effective out of Jonny. He’s achieved nicely opening the innings and I mentioned I’ll go anchor at No. 4 and he can specific himself. Shikhar was going to bat by means of and Livy might go up there and play the way in which he needs to play. It was good the way in which he performed and bought the rating fairly shortly,” the captain mentioned through the post-match presentation,
Agarwal additionally praised the bowling division, saying that they his workforce an excellent job in maintaining the Titans’ batters in examine. He added that the squad want to push itself to place up a combat towards different opponents to any extent further.
It appeared like a bit of cake for PBKS after they defeated GT within the sport on Tuesday, successful by eight wickets. Limiting GT to 144 runs, PBKS chased the goal in simply 16 overs, which helped them bounce to the fifth place within the factors desk.
