Guwahati: If the eyes are on the big players in IPL, then everyone wants to see the performance of new and young faces. Some of these players collect a huge amount in the auction on the basis of their performance in domestic cricket, but not everyone is able to perform accordingly. Punjab Kings Young wicket-keeper batsman Prabhsimran Singh is also one such player who got high amount but then he failed. Now that the price has come down, he has started batting with a bang in IPL 2023.
On Wednesday, April 5 in Guwahati, Punjab Kings’ 22-year-old opener Prabhsimran Singh played a blistering inning. In the first match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Prabhasimran, who scored 23 runs in the first two overs alone, increased his innings this time and crossed the 50 mark for the first time in IPL.
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First fifty hit in 28 balls
While batting first against Rajasthan Royals, Punjab scored 63 runs in just 6 overs, in which Prabhsimran Singh was the mainstay. Coming from Patiala, this wicketkeeper-batsman from Punjab completed his half-century in the 7th over. Prabhsimran completed this fifty in just 28 balls. During this innings, Prabhsimran scored 19 runs in a single over of KM Asif by hitting 3 fours and a six.
When Prabhsimran completed his 50 runs, Punjab’s score was 68 runs at that time, which is enough to tell how this young batsman faced veterans like Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin.
A quick fire half-century off 28 deliveries by @prabhsimran01 #PBKS 70/0
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 5, 2023
Finally, Prabhasimran’s innings came to an end in the 10th over. On the ball of Jason Holder, Jos Buttler made an excellent dive coming from long off and ended Prabhasimran’s attacking style. Prabhasimran hit 60 runs in 34 balls, which included 7 fours and 3 sixes.
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Punjab had bet crores
Prabhsimran Singh made his IPL debut in 2019 at the age of 18. Then Punjab bought him in the auction for a whopping amount of Rs 4.80 crore, which surprised everyone. Prabhsimran has been identified as an explosive batsman from the beginning but he could not repeat it in IPL. Then in 2022, Punjab released him and bought him in mega auction for just Rs 60 lakh. That means a loss of Rs 4.20 crore.
Before the start of the IPL 2023 season, Prabhasimran had played only 6 matches, in which he could score only 64 runs. After this, in the first match of IPL 2023, he had expressed his intentions by playing a fast inning of 23 runs.
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