It was simply the opposite day when former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad puzzled, why Punjab Kings pocket dynamite Ravi Bishnoi is being snubbed from their Playing XI. Fast ahead to Friday, Punjab fields the 20-year-old within the conflict towards the defending champions Mumbai Indians and Bishnoi delivers straightaway with none delay.
In the competition on Friday evening, the Rajasthan cricketer produced a cost-effective show as he accomplished his four-over quota with two wickets and gave simply 21 runs.
Bishnoi, who was roped into the Playing XI instead of Murugan Ashwin, began his first over in IPL 2021 with a wicket as he went on to dismiss a struggling Ishan Kishan on 6 off 17 deliveries.
Bishnoi then offered his aspect with an important breakthrough by eradicating in-form batsman Suryakumar Yadav on 33 off 27 balls, which then triggered a middle-order collapse.
Apart from him Punjab senior bowler Mohammed Shami additionally picked two wickets as Mumbai may solely handle a paltry 131/6 of their 20 overs.
Bishnoi, who’s taking part in his first match, mentioned the wicket is aiding the spiners and one must adapt shortly in these circumstances.
“The wicket is sticky and it is difficult to hit the spinners if you bowl well. We bowled well and kept them down to a good total. Just short of a good length is a good length here. I was hit in the third over for boundaries because I bowled wide outside off and I learnt from it quickly and bowled wicket to wicket,” Bishnoi mentioned through the mid-innings break.
