Former India cricket team batsman Aakash Chopra is not happy with the way Punjab Kings are chasing the ball and even criticized the team for their loss to Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 ) How to use in-form batsman Shashank Singh when. Chasing 193, PBKS lost four wickets early on to Ashutosh Sharma’s explosive batting that brought them close but ended up trailing by nine runs. Shashank Singh is the most successful batsman in the team in this year’s IPL and Chopra feels that not playing him and treating him only as a finisher will be good for the team Could be a big problem.

“When your team is 14/4, it looks like the game is unwinnable because you are so far behind and your four main players, who you thought were your main players, the innings is over. Shashank came in such a situation and Jitesh (Sharma) was by his side.”

“I want to say one thing about Shashank. The way he bats, how do you decide that he is just your finisher and even if he bats well, you don’t order him? What’s the point in that? ?”? Someone who bats well and has class is not just a finisher, he is an experienced player,” he said on his YouTube channel.

Stand-in captain Sankoran praised the performance of Shashank and Ashutosh and pointed out that losing such close games in the IPL can be frustrating at times.

“Another close game, I think this team loves a close game, but unfortunately another loss. Another unbelievable knockout from this young man (at Ashutosh), But another close loss it was very tough, you want to lose a close game and not absolutely win a big one but we lost a lot of wickets early on and the way the young guys got so close was inspiring. (Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma).”

“They have unbelievable confidence and you see guys like Ashutosh having the confidence to sweep the field against the Pacers and it’s great to watch them. Losing a close game is frustrating. “It’s frustrating, but there are a lot of positives. “We still have confidence in our team and we believe we can turn it around and the sun will come up tomorrow and we’ll hopefully win. ” Curran said.