Last Update on: June 3rd, 2023 at 04:19 pm
It was the same old story for Punjab Kings (PBKS), the Shikhar Dhawan-led side couldn’t make the most of the winning momentum. Wasim Akram states that the retired out rule can be demoralizing for the batter. Wasim Akram pointed out that the batters need to get used to this rule.
We witnessed the match between PBKS & RR when PBKS were chasing 214 runs on 17th May at Dharamsala then Atharva Taide retired out himself. The batter had scored 55 runs in 42 balls and was seen struggling to clear the fence. PBKS lost that contest by 15 runs.
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Shikhar Dhawan played the role of anchor & guided the rest of the batters but couldn’t perform in the crunch matches of the tournament. Dhawan had scored 373 runs in 11 matches with a strike rate of 142.91 but he didn’t get support from the rest of the batters.
The biggest positive for PBKS was the rise of wicketkeeper batter Prabhsimran Singh. Prabhsimran Singh amassed 358 runs in 14 matches and had struck a ton and a half-century as the batter played effective cameos for the team.
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I will be a bit upset with myself if someone tells me that you are playing slowly – Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram was having an interaction with Sportskeeda. Wasim Akram stated the retired out concept of batter will be a learning curve for all the youngsters and at the same time said that it could mentally scar a batter.
“If I am batter and somebody tells me that, ‘you are playing slowly, so come out’, I will be a bit upset with myself. That’s the learning curve for all the youngsters. This is something very new in the shorter format,” said Wasim Akram.
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In Test cricket, we have seen players retiring because a team has to declare. But here [T20s], asking a player to retire when he is finding momentum, that’s something new and different for me, As a young batter, if I am retired out, it would mentally scar me,” he added.