RR vs PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh Reveals His Conversation with Skipper Shikhar Dhawan Before Facing Trent Boult

Punjab Kings’ opening batter Prabhsimran Singh played a sensational knock that allowed them to defeat Rajasthan Royals on April 5. The young opener has now revealed his conversation with his captain Shikhar Dhawan and stated that the experienced batter wanted to face Trent Boult as Prabhsimran had never faced Boult earlier.

Prabhsimran Singh played his shots right from the word go against a strong Rajasthan Royals bowling lineup. He took the score to 63-0 in the power play overs and made sure there were no quiet overs in the first 10 overs of the Punjab Kings’ innings.

After the RR vs PBKS game, Prabhsimran Singh spoke to his teammate Jitesh Sharma and discussed about Shikar Dhawan’s willingness to take the strike against Trent Boult. The video was uploaded to the official website of the IPL.

“Shikhar paaji asked me that since I haven’t played Trent Boult before then he is ready to take the strike. But I told him that I will take the strike. He backed me in every situation and in between the overs, he told me to play and express myself and he will be taking care of the rest,” Prabhsimran said.

Prabhsimran Singh hits his maiden IPL fifty in the RR vs PBKS game

The aggressive opener was first picked by Punjab Kings in the IPL 2019 auction. In the last four seasons, he got only six opportunities for the PBKS franchise in which he had scored 64 runs.

Prabhsimran Singh was quite delighted after scoring his debut fifty. Reacting to his first IPL fifty, Prabhsimran said after the RR vs PBKS match, “I am thankful to god as this was my first fifty in five years. I enjoyed it and wish to continue like this.”

The young Punjab Kings opener played a stellar knock of 60 runs off just 34 deliveries including 7 fours and 3 maximums. He didn’t allow any Rajasthan Royals’ bowler to stick to their plans.

His aggressive knock also helped his skipper Shikhar Dhawan to settle down initially after which he scored a brilliant 86 off just 56 deliveries. The solid start provided by Prabhsimran allowed his team to post a massive total of 197-4 in the RR vs PBKS game.