Prabhsimran Singh and Sachin Tendulkar
Following Prabhsimran’s eye-catching ton against the capital city side, an old video of Tendulkar appreciating the Patiala-born player’s batting skills has gone viral
Punjab Kings opener Prabhsimran Singh smashed an incredible century against the Delhi Capitals as PBKS registered a massive 31-run win over the capital city team on Saturday in the IPL 2023.
Prabhsimran’s brilliant 103 off just 65 deliveries, which included 10 fours and 6 sixers, was an absolute treat to watch. And following his eye-catching innings, an old video of Sachin Tendulkar, the greatest batsman to ever play the game, appreciating the Patiala-born player’s batting skills has gone viral.
In an old video, Tendulkar spoke very highly of the batsman during the 2020 edition of the IPL stating that “I’ve seen Prabhsimran play. I saw him play yesterday and I liked it very much. His backlift and the bat swing are free-flowing,” the Mumbai-born legend said.
“When the ball hits his bat, the sound that comes off is amazing. So I feel that he could be a dangerous batsman,” Sachin added.
DC won the toss and opted to bowl first and had an early boost as they managed to scalp the dangerous Shikhar Dhawan in the second over of the game for just 7 runs through Ishant Sharma.
The lanky pacer gave his side yet another boost as he sent back Liam Livingstone for 4 runs. Jitesh Sharma, Harpreet Brar and Shah Rukh Khan were all dismissed for single-digit scores.
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As the wickets kept falling at the other end, Prabhsimran stood strong and played some brilliant cricketing shots en route to his impressive century. Sam Curran and Sikander Raza chipped in with 20 runs and 11 runs respectively as PBKS put up 167 runs on the board at the end of 20 overs, losing 7 wickets in the process.
Delhi got off to a good start with the chase, as David Warner and Phil Salt opened with a 69-run stand before Harpreet Brar struck to dismiss the Englishman.
Brar, Nathan Ellis and Rahul Chahar spilt 8 wickets amongst themselves on the day as Brar, the wrecker-in-chief, ended the night with 4 wickets to help PBKS earn a crucial victory by restricting DC to a total of 136 for 8.