DTVHINDIIPL 2024: ‘We need 24 runs in 2 overs to win’ Shashank and Ashutosh gave a big statement after leading Punjab to victory against Gujarat, watch video
Punjab had achieved a thrilling victory against Gujarat by 3 wickets. Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter Yesterday on April 4, the 17th match of the ongoing IPL season was played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings (GT vs PBKS) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Let us tell you that in this match Punjab has defeated Gujarat by three wickets in a thrilling manner. So, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, who came as impact players, played important roles in this victory of Punjab Kings. Shashank played an unbeaten inning of 61* runs in 29 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes, while on the other hand Ashutosh played an impactful inning of 31 runs in 17 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Also, after this innings, both of them have given a big statement regarding the victory of Punjab. Ashutosh says that he and Shashank were confident that both of them would win this match. Apart from this, he has told that if he had not stayed with the Punjab camp for one more day, this golden opportunity would have been lost from his hands. Ashutosh and Shashank gave a big statement on Punjab’s victory over Gujarat Let us tell you that after the thrilling victory of Punjab Kings over Gujarat Titans, a video of Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma has been shared on the official Instagram account of the Indian Premier League. In this video, Ashutosh says- Before this match, there was a trial match at some other place, there was a flight at night. But I got a call asking me to wait for one more day. Then I thought that if these people are speaking to me then it must be something good. So I left the trial of another team, and today I am in the Punjab team. Shikhar paaji and Sanjay sir were giving me a lot of confidence from the dugout. People used to call me a slugger, but Sanjay sir made me believe that you play some extraordinary shots, and believe in that only. This also benefited me in Ranji Trophy. I played an inning of 100 runs in my debut match. I was very relaxed during the match, I knew what to do there. Neither of us panicked at all, when we both stood there we knew that we could do it. Only 24 runs are needed in two overs, we will make it. Watch this viral video of both the players
IPL 2024: The player who was bought by Punjab Kings by mistake got only 8 balls to prove himself, know what happened next?
After bringing in this player, the Punjab team realized that they had bid on the wrong player. Shashank Singh: Punjab Kings’ explosive batsman Shashank Singh scored 21 runs on 8 balls in the match against RCB. In the match played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on March 25, the Punjab Kings team was struggling to reach a respectable score. Looking at the Bengaluru pitch, RCB batsmen can easily reach this score. However, in the last over, Shashank, who was mistakenly included in the auction by Punjab, increased Punjab’s runs and took the team to 176. Shashank Singh scored 20 runs in the 20th over of Alzarri Joseph. He started the over with a six over square leg. Joseph bowled the next ball well and Shashank did not get a single run. But on the third ball, Shashank pulled his short pitch ball towards midwicket and sent it into the stands. He again hit a four on the next ball. He could score only one run on the fifth ball. But after continuous boundaries, Joseph also faltered and bowled a wide ball under pressure. Shashank could score only one run on the last ball but his three big hits in the last over took Punjab to 176 runs. Shashank Singh performed brilliantly for Punjab in the last over. But the chance of his entry into the Punjab Kings team is equally different. During the IPL auction in December 2023, Punjab had mistakenly bid in Shashank’s name. There were two players named Shashank Singh in the pool of players available for the auction. One was 32 year old Shashank from Chhattisgarh and the other was 19 year old player Shashank Singh. As soon as Shashank’s name came up, Punjab team owner Preity Zinta bid at the base price of Rs 20 lakh. Other teams did not show any interest in bidding for Shashank, so Shashank joined the Punjab team. Watch video of Shashank Singh’s batting Shashank Singh – Our starboy starts the #IPL2024 Season with Batting Brilliance!#CSCS #ShashankSingh #IPLStar #ChhattisgarhPride #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #JazbaHaiPunjabi #PBKS #CricketCSCS #TeamCSCS #GoTeamCG #ChhattisgarhCricket #Chhattisgarh pic.twitter.com/MZF7hdEm0T — Chhattisgarh Cricket (@CricketCSCS) March 26, 2024 After bringing in Shashank, the Punjab team realized that they had bid on the wrong player. This created confusion in the team camp and they demanded the auctioneers to replace the player. But by then time had passed. But Punjab Kings later clarified that the uncapped all-rounder, who remained unsold in the auction after being released by Sunrisers Hyderabad last year, was always in their player list and hence has not been bought in the auction by mistake. Shashank has played a total of 56 T20 matches in his cricket career, in which he has scored 761 runs with five half-centuries and a strike rate of 135.58. Shashank has also been a part of Delhi Daredevils (Delhi Capitals), Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals in IPL.
