NEW DELHI: Former India opener and famous commentator Aakash Chopra has wondered Punjab Kings (PBKS) for doing away with Anil Kumble as head trainer as they’d no longer made many adjustments to their squad within the mini-auction forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.
In the public sale hung on December 23 at Kochi, Punjab Kings picked Sam Curran (INR 18.50 crore), Sikandar Raza (INR 50 lakh), Harpreet Bhatia (INR 40 lakh), Vidwath Kaverappa (INR 20 lakh), Mohit Rathee (INR 20 lakh) lakh) and Shivam Singh (INR 20 lakh). None of them barring Curran and Raza are a lot recognized.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra wondered his technique. “If you (PBKS) have not made changes, it means Anil Kumble had made the right team. You had done a good squad selection, just had to do a little tweaking and not wholesale changes, Trevor Bayliss felt like that. So why was Kumble removed? I am just wondering.”
Before the public sale, PBKS retained 5 in a foreign country avid gamers — Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Nathan Ellis — from remaining 12 months’s squad. They added Curran and Raza to their in a foreign country contingent on the public sale however opted no longer to pick out an 8th overseas participant, even if they’d ?12.95 crore left of their handbag.
Chopra additionally wondered the PBKS for no longer settling on their complete quota of in a foreign country avid gamers.
“If anyone had the money to spend after Hyderabad, it was the Punjab Kings. They have kept a 22-member squad, you can keep 25, with seven overseas. They should have kept one more overseas player. I understand that COVID is behind us but you should have a contingency plan. Did they miss a trick?”
Chopra famous that barring Curran and Raza, PBKS didn’t achieve some other outstanding participant and mentioned, “They bought Sam Curran. They got Sikandar Raza very cheap, at the base price. To be fair, they didn’t spend much other than Sam Curran and Sikandar Raza. Sam Curran was definitely very expensive and then Harpreet Bhatia, Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh – not really much.”
In the public sale hung on December 23 at Kochi, Punjab Kings picked Sam Curran (INR 18.50 crore), Sikandar Raza (INR 50 lakh), Harpreet Bhatia (INR 40 lakh), Vidwath Kaverappa (INR 20 lakh), Mohit Rathee (INR 20 lakh) lakh) and Shivam Singh (INR 20 lakh). None of them barring Curran and Raza are a lot recognized.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra wondered his technique. “If you (PBKS) have not made changes, it means Anil Kumble had made the right team. You had done a good squad selection, just had to do a little tweaking and not wholesale changes, Trevor Bayliss felt like that. So why was Kumble removed? I am just wondering.”
Before the public sale, PBKS retained 5 in a foreign country avid gamers — Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Nathan Ellis — from remaining 12 months’s squad. They added Curran and Raza to their in a foreign country contingent on the public sale however opted no longer to pick out an 8th overseas participant, even if they’d ?12.95 crore left of their handbag.
Chopra additionally wondered the PBKS for no longer settling on their complete quota of in a foreign country avid gamers.
“If anyone had the money to spend after Hyderabad, it was the Punjab Kings. They have kept a 22-member squad, you can keep 25, with seven overseas. They should have kept one more overseas player. I understand that COVID is behind us but you should have a contingency plan. Did they miss a trick?”
Chopra famous that barring Curran and Raza, PBKS didn’t achieve some other outstanding participant and mentioned, “They bought Sam Curran. They got Sikandar Raza very cheap, at the base price. To be fair, they didn’t spend much other than Sam Curran and Sikandar Raza. Sam Curran was definitely very expensive and then Harpreet Bhatia, Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh – not really much.”