Kolkata, Punjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan, who’s nursing a shoulder damage, was dominated out of their Friday's IPL match in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders and the workforce is hoping for his return in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings on Could 1.
The 38-year-old final performed in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 9 and since then he missed three matches with Sam Curran stepping in because the captain.
PBKS spin bowling coach Sunil Joshi mentioned Dhawan is on a restoration course and the left-hander may presumably make a return of their subsequent recreation in Chennai.
“He was in kind and we actually missed his batting providers. We noticed him batting yesterday, going by way of the nets and every thing,” Joshi mentioned on the eve of their match in opposition to KKR.
“He’s on the street to restoration. Hopefully, he must be match for the subsequent recreation,” he mentioned.
PBKS have failed to fireplace as a batting unit and are ninth on the desk with 4 factors from eight matches.
Jitesh 'haunted'
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Wicket-keeper batsman Jitesh Sharma has been one of many greatest letdowns for PBKS within the on-going IPL.
From being in rivalry as one among India's first-choice wicketkeepers, Sharma has slowly gone off the radar with simply 128 runs from eight innings at a mean of 16.00 and a modest strike-rate of 125.49 on this IPL.
His highest rating this season has been 29 and in three matches he has not been in a position to cross single digit.
Joshi blamed it on being “haunted” by the stress of performing to fulfill the expectations.
“Jitesh is a top quality batter and everyone knows that the time has come for him to fireplace tomorrow. And sure, in fact, there are a number of gamers in the entire IPL.
“They’re all desperate to be within the T20 World Cup squad. However at occasions, a lot of the gamers are in that part that making it to the Indian workforce will at all times hold haunting. So, it's about specializing in primary, proper issues.”
Requested what's his message to Sharma, he mentioned: “Lastly, you bought to carry out. You bought to have a look at one ball at a time, you possibly can't look past. You're taking part in in IPL, you bought to deal with match by match, ball by ball, relaxation depart it to the selectors.”
Joshi additional mentioned the stress could be on KKR to carry out and win taking part in at residence as they’d look to “play freely”.
“We've come out of residence. The stress must be on the house workforce now so we will play freely and get runs,” he mentioned.
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