A proper bashing from Punjab Kings. LSG have been slapped hard in the backyard with skipper Rishabh Pant not being able to stand up as per expectations. PBKS look like a team to beat in this year's IPL. We move to Bengaluru tomorrow for the blockbuster between RCB and GT, as we are set to get some eye-catching battles, especially with Prince Shubman Gill, King Virat Kohli and ex-RCBian Mohammed Siraj in action at Chinnaswamy.
For now, this is me AkshayaKrishna Polyasigning off on behalf of my co-commentators Pritam Dey and Ninaad Dixit, who, alongside our scorers Paras Yadav,Manish Bishnoiand Raju Khariya and statistician Amanbrought you all the live-action of this fixture. We will meet again. Until then, it's cheers!
Prabhsimran Singh (Player of the Match): "Ricky Ponting is a legend. He always talks positive stuff. There are no 'ifs'. He sends us out with the same mindset to win.
He asks ourselves to express ourselves and back our games. I try to get set and then finish the job.
[On practicing the switch hit] Practiced hard in the nets on those strokes and thankfully a few of them paid off today.
[Confidence from such knocks] If a youngster gets a start in the tournament, he needs to make it big because this is such a platform that helps us achieve the goal of playing for India."
Player of the Match: Prabhsimran Singh
Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings Captain): "Thank you! Absolutely, this is the start we required, and the boys actually played their role really well. Every individual contributed to the best of their ability and whatever was discussed in the team meeting, we implemented really well. Everybody came to the party, just as we discussed.
See, to be honest, there is no right combination. Just that the camaraderie and synergy have to click at the right time. I guess all the teams have the right potential to go out there and win the game. It's just that you need to have a similar kind of mindset when you go out there.
I always try to be in the present as much as possible. Even this innings is now history for me. I just want to focus on the next one now."
Most Dot balls in the Match: Digvesh Rathi (10 Dot balls)
Most Fours in the Match: Prabhsimran Singh (9 Fours)
Super Sixes of the Match: Shreyas Iyer (4 Sixes)
Fantasy King of the Match: Prabhsimran Singh (149 points)