Punjab Kings opening mixture for the IPL 2022: The Mohali based mostly Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Punjab Kings (PBKS) had a really first rate outing by way of purchases they made within the lately wrapped IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Punjab was one of many extremely lively franchises throughout the two-day occasion. They actually went on with their full plan and opted to go after their prioritised gamers.
Experts imagine that whereas a few gamers fetched by PBKS have been unbelievable, however there have been a couple of gamers whose contract values have been merely not justified.
Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, and Rahul Chahar have been their prime picks throughout the two days public sale occasion.
Recently, Punjab Kings (PBKS) introduced their captain for the upcoming version of the Indian Premier League. Senior opener batsman Mayank Agarwal is all set to command the Punjab Kings within the IPL 2022, confirmed the franchise.
Meanwhile, Mayank Agarwal has mentioned that he’s excited to open the batting for PBKS with southpaw Shikhar Dhawan within the IPL 2022.
“There are a lot of players in the Punjab team I am really excited about. Opening with Shikhar (Dhawan), or actually having an opportunity to play with Shikhar would be fantastic,” mentioned Mayank Agarwal within the video posted by The Quint.
Not only for Shikhar Dhawan, Agarwal can be excited to welcome India’s U19 World Cup 2022 successful cricketer Raj Bawa within the facet.
“We have picked Raj Bawa, he is going to be really exciting and I am looking forward to playing with him. Not just these two names, I am looking forward to playing with everybody,” the skipper of PBKS added.
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The teenager mustered 252 runs within the 5 innings of the U19 World Cup 2022 marketing campaign. The cricketer performed with a unbelievable strike charge of 100 and helped India win the World Cup within the Caribbean.
Mayank Agarwal pip Shikhar Dhawan in PBKS captaincy:
While the specialists rated Shikhar Dhawan method forward of Mayank Agarwal within the captaincy race of Punjab Kings, the franchise officers had their minds caught on the latter. The franchise opted to go along with Mayank Agarwal because the captain of the facet, overlooking Shikhar Dhawan’s prior expertise.
It is noteworthy that Agarwal, ethically, was one of the best candidate to guide PBKS. He was related to the management group of PBKS since 2018. He was appointed KL Rahul’s deputy within the IPL 2020 and since then he has extensively taken half within the management of the franchise.
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