Punjab Kings (PBKS) secured a magn🌸ificent victo𒁏ry over the Delhi Capitals (DC), on Saturday, which kept their prospects of qualifying for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 playoffs alive. The Capitals suffered a 31-run defeat, resulting in the🐓ir elimination from the competition.
Prabhsimran Singh, the PBKS opener, smashed his debut IPL century – an impressive 103 – to help his team reach a total of 167/7 in 20 overs. In response, DC made a quick start to their innings and raced to 65/0 within the powerplay, thanks to captain David Warner‘s contribution of 54 runs.
However, DC’s batting lineup then struggled against the spinners of PBKS and could only score 136/7. Tweaker Harpreet Brar was their most successful bowler, who picked up 4 wickets for 30 runs. Similarly, Rahul Chahar and Nathan Ellis claimed two wickets each.
Following the match, former India opener Virender Sehwag made a fiery statement regarding Sam Curran’s performance. While Sehwag heaped praises on Prabhsimran’s century, he also delivered a sarcastic remark about IPL’s most-expensive player Curran.
Sehwag said that Prabhsimran has demonstrated his batting ability and provided a valuable contribution to his team, especially considering he was bought for only INR 60 lakh in contrast to Curranm who was bought for aಞ significantly higher price (INR 18.5 crore).
“Punjab Kings have benefitted from the chances that they’ve given to Prabhsimran. Now, he has to be consistent. And I think the PBKS will benefit a lot from such a player. When he came for the first time, he was bought for a lot of money (INR 4.8 crore). This time around, he fetched quite less (INR 60 lakh). But he proved his talent today,” said Sehwag in a chat show on Cricbuzz.
“He showed that he can hit those centuries. Again, he was bought for INR 60 lakh, and if a player fetching that much scores hundreds and wins you a couple of games, there can be nothing better than that. You bought Sam Curran for 18.5 crores, what has he done?” he added.
