Rahul Tiwari
khelja|16-04-2025
To do something big, you have to take risk. On the night of 15 April, when it came to defend 111 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings also took the same risk. He decided to field the injured Chahal on the ground and then what happened is in front of everyone. In the match against KKR, there was Chahal Inzard, this was revealed by PBKS head coach Ricky Ponting himself after the match. After the match, Ponting also said that the way Punjab Kings have defeated KKR, they have never seen such victory before.
Yuzvendra Chahal suffered a shoulder injury in the last match, due to which he was to have a fitness test before the match against KKR.
According to Ponting, Chahal decided that he would play this match. Seeing Chahal's intentions, the management took this risk. And, then what the injured Chahal did, everyone lost it. Despite injury, Chahal became the hero of victory in the match. He took KKR's 4 wickets from the injured shoulder spending 28 runs in 4 overs. Due to his charismatic performance, Punjab Kings could manage to defend the 111 -run total.Ponting told that he told his players that the target is only 112 for KKR, but sometimes it is difficult to chase such a small target.
The wicket is not easy. In such a situation, we will go to defend it. In the midst of these intentions, Chahal gave his special.Ponting further said that even though he would have lost this match, we would still be proud of our bowling. He said that the way we changed the situation for ourselves through the ball, it was capable. The head coach of Punjab Kings said that such victory is always cute.
I have never seen a better and excellent victory in my coaching career before. I have never seen a better and excellent victory in my coaching career before.