Shreyas Iyer: ‘Personally, I had a chat with Yuzvendra Chahal’

NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings registered a five-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a rain-curtailed Indian Premier League match on Friday. With this win, PBKS climbed to second place on the factors desk with 10 factors, having received 5 out of their seven matches up to now.
Batting first within the 14-overs-per-side contest — shortened on account of night showers — RCB posted 95 for 9. Tim David led the cost with a counter-attacking 50 off simply 26 balls. Nevertheless, the remainder of the RCB batting lineup struggled to get going.
In reply, Punjab chased down the goal with ease, reaching 96 in 12.1 overs. Nehal Wadhera performed a vital hand with a brisk 33 off 19 deliveries. Regardless of a commendable spell from Josh Hazlewood, who completed with figures of three/14, RCB couldn’t cease the Punjab batters from cruising to victory.
After the match, PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer praised his workforce’s adaptability and instinctive decision-making below strain.
“As they are saying selection is the spice of life. We’re capable of expertise all types of video games over right here. It’s a nice problem. There was no pondering to be trustworthy. I used to be making instinctive strikes and clearly we have been getting wickets. I did not need the brand new batsman to come back in and settle straightaway. Marco was capable of extract little little bit of bounce on this wicket. He was bowling deadly. He mainly steadied the ship. And the remainder of the bowlers they helped him. To be trustworthy, we did not know the way the wicket was going to play and I personally really feel the bowlers they tailored in line with it,” Iyer stated after Punjab Kings win.

“After I had a chat with Arshdeep, he stated, the onerous size balls have been very troublesome to hit on this wicket as a result of I did not see a single six off a fat bowler hit down the bottom. That was the chatter going round they usually have been incredible in executing it. Sure completely, you want one batsman to take the cost. Nehal was sensible in his method right this moment. The angle was high notch. I hope he continues the identical type.
“Personally I had a chat with Chahal. I informed him you’re a match winner and it’s good to get us wickets as a lot as attainable. You do not must be protected in your appraoch and he has bought the aptitude of bouncing again. That is what we respect of him as a leggie. Most likely he’s one of the best bowler within the IPL up to now. You to again that on a regular basis. Is dependent upon the wicket (On Punjab offering one other thriller),” the Punjab Kings skipper stated.

Punjab Kings will subsequent tackle RCB once more of their reverse fixture on Sunday in Mullanpur.