If I want to stay in my job, i’m probally not going to move shreyas iyer, says ricky ponting | Courtesy – BCCI/IPL
Maxwell has had a horror run in the Indian Premier League (IPL) So far, having scored 41 runs in six games, with not much luck luck either with his off-spinners. Iyer, on the other hand, have noticed up 250 runs in the same number of games at a strike rate of 204.91 for pbks and stands at no.4 in the list of most of the most runs scored in the tournament so far. Goes without saying that he is in the reckoning to wear the orange cap sooner rather than laater in the edition.
“It’s not about numbers that these guys bat. It’s about the right time Alredy this season.
Marcus stoinis was surprisingly left out of the Playing XI Against The Kolkata Knight Riders, and Josh Inglis was drafted into the team. While inglis Didn’t have a great outing with the bat, managing only 2 off 6 balls before geting cleaned up by varun chakaravarthy, he did his bit behind the stumps. Talking about excluding stoinis from the playing xi, ponting said that inglis is a noted player against spin and that earned him a place in the side ahead of stoinis.
“Yeah, a tough decision to leave stoinis out, we know, we wantd to brings inglis into the side. Inglis is a noted player of spin that that didn’t so probally look that Way tonight, but he is a vernight, but he is a verry, but he is a Vry, of spin
“We wanted the matchups with the ball with glenn maxwell. So unfortunately, for marcus stoinis, it had to be Him that Missed Out Tonight, But then You go to a Different Venue, You KNOW DAYS We’re up in Bangalore against them up there He added.
Having won the match against kkr, pbks now stands fourth in the points table with four wins and two losses. They will be up against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Friday, April 18, 2025.
