Many questions were raised regarding this bad phase of the team. Punjab Kings batsman Shashank Singh said that even the players themselves could not understand what happened suddenly. According to him, after winning six matches, the team’s confidence had increased a lot and there was no negative atmosphere in the dressing room. Later, when the team looked at the entire season, it was found that many small occasions changed the outcome of the match. Some important catches were missed, bowling was not good in the important overs and the team could not convert some partnerships into big scores.
Despite the defeat, there was no negativity in the team
Shashank told that even after consecutive defeats, the players of the team did not leave each other. Experienced people like Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ricky Ponting kept the team positive. He said that the performance on the field definitely deteriorated, but the atmosphere in the dressing room remained normal. According to Shashank, the young players learned a lot from these difficult situations. He also admitted that in cricket sometimes things do not go in your favor and being a player one has to face such situations.
Shashank was already ready for the opportunity to bowl.
Shashank also told interesting things about his bowling. Due to injury, he could not play much domestic cricket last year, but this time he had prepared himself for bowling. Because of the impact player rule, he knew that he could be used as the sixth or seventh bowler if needed. When Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head were continuously putting pressure on the Punjab bowlers, Shashank told Shreyas Iyer to give him one or two overs and he would try to do his job. He told that he had imagined such situations many times during practice, so he was fully prepared mentally when the opportunity came.