Therefore, Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at the Punjab Kings (PBKS) for not learning from their past mistakes and rehashing them.
However, The former India captain came down heavily on the KL Rahul-led unit for losing their match against the Rajasthan Royals (RR). Thus, Punjab needed 10 runs off 15 balls at one stage with eight wickets in hand.
“Punjab once again made a mess of a chase and lost a match they should have won. Despite all talk of learning from past mistakes, the same errors of last year in UAE were repeated. To give Rajasthan a win that three overs earlier looked highly unlikely.” Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar emphasized the significance of partnerships. Then tossing light on how it gets to be the duty of the other hitter to carry on batting after losing his settled partner.
“It’s important even in this ultra-short format of the game that after a good partnership. The batter, who is at the crease after his partner gets out, has to ensure. That he carries on batting without taking too many chances, even as the new battery at the crease settles in. Punjab, last year, got great starts as they did in the game against Rajasthan. But then when the opening partnership was broken, the other partner got out fast,” Sunil Gavaskar added.
KL Rahul
Thus, In KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, the PBKS have two of the foremost effective openers. Be that as it may, all four of their century opening stands. Since IPL 2020 has come about in losses as they discover small back from the middle-order.
Sunil Gavaskar moreover expressed that PBKS have let matches slip away. By permitting the force to move with bowling part-timers at significant junctures. In a major astonish, KL Rahul presented Deepak Hooda as the primary alter bowler against RR, who was ravaged for 37 runs off his two overs.