Ravichandran Ashwin RR vs PBKS: Have you seen Ravichandran Ashwin opening the batting? If you haven’t seen then today you had a golden opportunity. Actually, in the current season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson sent Ravichandran Ashwin to open the batting against Punjab Kings. This decision of Rajasthan Royals surprised all the fans of the cricketing world. Ravichandran Ashwin knows how to bat, he has also scored centuries in Test cricket, but he was never sent by any captain to open the batting before. This time it has happened for the first time that Ravichandran Ashwin has been sent on the field as an opener along with Yashasvi Jaiswal.
However, this strategy of Rajasthan Royals did not work as Ashwin could not score a single run. Ravichandran Ashwin was able to face only 4 balls while opening and returned to the pavilion without opening the account. In such a situation, it has to be seen whether the Rajasthan Royals team will stick to the same strategy in the next match as well and whether Ashwin will get a chance to open the batting again or not. However, if we look at Ashwin’s bowling, in this match played against Punjab Kings, Ashwin took only one wicket by giving 25 runs in 4 overs at an economy rate of 6.2.
In this match, Ashwin bowled Sikandar Raza on an excellent ball and sent him back to the pavilion. In the match being played against Rajasthan Royals, Shikhar played an unbeaten inning of 86 runs in 56 balls, which included 9 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from him, Prabhsimran Singh also gave a fast start to Punjab by playing an inning of 60 runs in 34 balls. Due to the half-century innings of these two, Punjab scored 197 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. Jason Holder took the maximum 2 wickets from Rajasthan. Apart from them, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal also got one wicket each. Now it has to be seen whether the Punjab team can defend this target or not.