The day of the IPL public sale is arguably the most important day within the lifetime of a home cricketer who aspires to rub shoulders with a number of the largest stars of worldwide cricket and therefore it brings a number of nerves and anxiousness with itself. Getting picked by a franchise at an IPL public sale supplies immense pleasure and gratification because it doesn’t occur to many.
Chhattisgarh’s Shashank Singh was lucky when he was purchased by Punjab Kings (PBKS) at his base worth of Rs 20 lakhs however earlier than he may savour the second, a drama unfolded which nearly pushed his possibilities of enjoying within the IPL 2024 season into jeopardy.
The PBKS administration requested the auctioneer Mallika Sagar for the supply to let go of him as they claimed that he was not the Shashank Singh whom they have been after. However, Mallika denied their persistent requests and Shashank was drafted into the squad.
After the conclusion of the public sale, Punjab put out a press release saying that that they had purchased the Shashank whom they have been in pursuit of and the confusion had originated due to the presence of two Shashank Singhs on the public sale listing.
The entire ordeal may have simply worn the hardest of minds down however not Shashank because the 32-year-old took it sportingly and prolonged his gratitude to Punjab for trusting him with the chance.
Shashank’s first sport of the season for Punjab turned out to be one thing to overlook as he failed to bother the scorers and received out for a duck. However, Shashank did not let the early failure get to his head and went on to stay unbeaten within the subsequent 4 video games that he performed with scores of 21*, 9*, 61* and 46*.
His knock of 61* got here in opposition to the runners-up of the earlier version. While enjoying on the Narendra Modi Stadium, Shashank performed a jaw-dropping knock off simply 29 balls and helped Punjab win an unwinnable.
Shashank’s knock got here at a strike fee of 210.34 with the assistance of six fours and 4 sixes. He was awarded the Player of the Match (POTM) for his stupendous knock as Punjab gained their second sport of the season.
Though Shashank has not been ready to create an analogous affect since then, there are nonetheless loads of video games left within the season for Punjab and due to this fact Shashank nonetheless has sufficient time on his palms to make hay whereas the solar shines.
