Zimbabwe all-rounder and Punjab Kings batter Sikandar Raza lauded Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana and mentioned the younger pacer is way more trickier to learn than Sri Lanka nice Lasith Malinga.
Sikandar mentioned that Pathirana is extra trickier bowler than Malinga as his bowling motion comes decrease.
“Pathirana is a quality talent. I remember that [Lasith] Malinga was hard enough to face but Pathirana is just a bit trickier. His arm comes lower. Malinga was side on, I remember. On that wicket, with those cutters and his 145kph pace, you just didn’t know what’s coming. Alhamdulillah, to be able to score those runs! I was just trying to find a boundary so I was lucky to get those three runs. I hit it into a gap. I guess when it’s your day, luck favours you in weird ways,” the Zimbabwe participant mentioned.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shikhar Dhawan gained the toss and opted to bowl in opposition to Delhi Capitals (DC) of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Wednesday.
Delhi are already eradicated from the play-offs race and the wood spooners will play for pleasure. On the opposite hand, a defeat in opposition to Delhi tonight will not imply an finish to Punjab Kings’ marketing campaign however they’re going to then should closely depend on different outcomes falling of their favour.
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis and Arshdeep Singh.PBKS Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Sikandar Raza, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan and Mohit Rathee.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Prithvi Shaw, Philip Salt(w), Rilee Rossouw, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Yash Dhull, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma and Khaleel Ahmed.DC Impact Subs: Mukesh Kumar, Abishek Porel, Ripal Patel, Praveen Dubey and Sarfaraz Khan.
Source: www.thehindu.com