IPL 2025, PBKS vs LSG: In the post-match press conference, Ricky Ponting said that Shreyas Iyer took the call of promoting Josh Inglis, who hit Mayank Yadav for three sixes in the second over, and scored 30 runs off 14 ballls.
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00:00It was actually a move that the captain came up with.
00:12Strayas thought on that sort of pitch against that bowling attack
00:17that it would be the right thing to, if a wicket fell early, to send Inglis in.
00:22We felt that Mayank would bowl early on,
00:26and if you look at the way he bowls, he generally bowls reasonably short,
00:28and that's one of Inglis' great strengths, as you saw tonight.
00:31Those pull shots were pretty amazing straight away.
00:34So, yeah, that was what the captain wanted to do.
00:38It then also allows us to have, you know, Aya, Wadera and Shashank
00:42through the middle of the innings,
00:43which is what we thought would be crucial for us in tonight's game as well.
00:46So, yeah, I mean, it was probably a surprise call for LSG to see him go out,
00:54and it paid off for us tonight.
00:55So, you know, once we got off to a, you know, I think we were 70-odd
00:58at the end of the power play, all the momentum was going with us,
01:01and you see with our batting, you know, we've got someone like Asmatullah
01:05at number nine.
01:06So we bat really, really deep, and it allows our top order
01:09to play with a lot of freedom, and they did that tonight,
01:12and they, you know, to bat first and get that sort of total
01:14was a great effort.
01:15Yeah, look, he's been brilliant, hasn't he?
01:24You know, him and Prianch have got us off to some great starts
01:26in the tournament.
01:27They both, you know, before today had both made 350 runs each
01:30for the tournament.
01:30I sort of challenged both of the openers in the team meeting today
01:33for one of them to go on and get 100 in this match,
01:36and unfortunately, Prab felt just a little bit,
01:38fell a little bit short of that.
01:39But, look, all we've done with our batting group,
01:43we've just given some really clear direction of the way
01:44that we want them to play to understand how important, you know,
01:48top order partnerships are in this competition,
01:51and we know that if, you know, Prianch and Prab get going together,
01:54that they can be ultra-destructive.
01:57You know, Prianch mainly probably more against the faster bowlers,
02:00and Prab's as good a hitter or a spin as anybody going around.
02:02So they complement each other really well, being left-hand, right-hand,
02:06and one probably being slightly better against the quicks,
02:08another against spin.
02:09So, look, it's a really good combination.
02:14You know, and that's...
02:14When we sat down as a group heading in,
02:18like, thinking about our auction strategy
02:20and the players that we wanted to retain,
02:21I think you're starting to see why I was so keen
02:24to retain Prab Simran.
02:26He's a very, very good young player,
02:29and he's very keen to bring success to this team,
02:31and that showed with the way that he played tonight.
02:33Hey, did you say?
02:34How will you describe Arshtip bowling today?
02:40And he stayed third over, and that looked very well.
02:43Yeah, once again, great stuff by the captain to bowl him that third over.
02:47I think once we had the...
02:48You know, he got the two early wickets,
02:50and then I think Rishabh and Porin together,
02:53I think Sreyas understood how important it was
02:55to try and break that partnership early.
02:57So he gave Arshtip the third over,
02:59and bang, he knocks Porin over.
03:02And at that stage, with Porin out
03:03and them being three down inside the power play,
03:05it was always going to be hard work for them
03:07to get back into the game.
03:08So I think Arshtip is a bit like Prabh, actually.
03:12I think he's got better and better every game.
03:14As this tournament's gone on, he's got better and better.
03:15I think he's got more confident.
03:17He's starting to get those power play wickets now
03:19that we know that he can with that brand-new ball.
03:22I think his first over tonight
03:23really set the tone for our bowling innings.
03:25It was a fantastic first over.
03:27The ball bounced and moved around.
03:29So, you know, he's a star, no doubt about it,
03:32and we're very lucky to have him in our team.
03:34Last two questions.
03:35So far, so good.
03:40One game, one win.
03:40We won't complain too much.
03:42I mean, what I liked tonight was the crowd
03:44and the atmosphere in the stadium.
03:45I mean, it's a beautiful place to be.
03:48It's a beautiful stadium.
03:49But what we want to do here
03:51is make sure that we're winning our home games.
03:52You know, this is our home ground.
03:53This is not like somewhere we're just turning up to play.
03:55We've got three games here,
03:57and we want to make this a ground
03:58that opposition teams find it hard to play on.
04:00And we understand the conditions,
04:03and we play well here.
04:04So it was a great start for us tonight.
04:06As I said, there was a great crowd.
04:08You know, we play Delhi here in a couple of days,
04:11another good team in this tournament.
04:12I'm sure we'll get a good crowd again,
04:14and hopefully the boys can do the same job again.
04:17You were also thinking about the net run late,
04:19but I should believe you did something wrong.
04:25Bedoni did something wrong with, what do you mean?
04:27About the net run late.
04:29Ours?
04:29Yes.
04:30Oh, look, I think we let a few runs slip away late in the game.
04:35I don't think our bowling in our last 10 overs
04:36was as good as it could have been.
04:38That's something that we'll talk about tonight
04:40and hopefully address before our next game.
04:43I thought our new ball bowling,
04:44like our first eight, nine, 10 overs were outstanding.
04:48You know, Samad and then Bedoni
04:50sort of found themselves in a situation
04:52where they had nothing to lose.
04:53They had to come out and hit,
04:54and they did and they put our bowlers under pressure
04:56and I'm not sure we responded quite as well as we could have.
05:00So, but all in all, it's, you know,
05:02that's another very, very good team win.
05:05It's a win that takes us up to second on the table now
05:07and it's our first win here in Durham, Charlotte for the season.
05:12So, all in all, a good night.