After 4 seasons with the staff, Agarwal has been given the management duty
After 4 seasons with the staff, Agarwal has been given the management duty
Newly appointed Punjab Kings skipper Mayank Agarwal believes that the franchise has constructed a title-winning squad for the IPL starting March 26.
After 4 seasons with the staff, Agarwal has been given the management duty after the shift of his opening accomplice KL Rahul to the Lucknow franchise.
Agarwal amassed 400-plus runs within the final two seasons and fashioned one of many strongest opening pairings within the IPL alongside Rahul however the staff didn’t make the play-offs.
Punjab had been praised for getting the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow and Odean Smith on the IPL public sale. Other than the opposite retained participant in Arshdeep Singh, Punjab additionally purchased again uncapped power-hitter Shahrukh Khan. The staff has underperformed for years and their solely closing look got here method again in 2014. The administration has pinned hopes on its newest recruits to alter the staff’s fortunes.
“We wish to consider that we do have a title profitable squad and now it’s upon us as gamers to execute our expertise underneath stress and see what we are able to make out of it,” Agarwal instructed PTI on Saturday.
“As a staff we now have finished an excellent job on the public sale. We had been taking a look at few ability units realizing that the event will probably be performed in Mumbai and we now have lined these bases. We’re pleased with the steadiness we now have within the facet.” As captain, his function within the facet will increase massively however as a batter, he feels nothing modifications.
“When I’m batting I’m only a batsman. We’ve a number of leaders and expertise within the staff and that makes it simpler for me. I need to excel as a batsman and do the issues I’ve been doing. (On the captaincy entrance) we now have made our plans to take the staff ahead,” mentioned the India Check opener.
Agarwal is predicted to open the batting alongside Dhawan however he didn’t reveal a lot on the mixture.
“I can not speak concerning the batting order as of now however I can positively say that we’re excited to have Shikhar on board. He’s an absolute livewire, an ideal entertainer, a large performer and a number of the blokes will feed off his power. He’s additionally in an ideal thoughts house.” Agarwal mentioned conversations over him main the facet went on for some time and he’s simply excited concerning the alternative. He captained Punjab Kings briefly final season when Rahul was injured and he feels that have will assist him this season.
“It positively does assist (having captained the staff earlier than). I’ve had a style of what it seems like,” he mentioned, including there is no such thing as a further stress of not having received the title ever.
Punjab have rejigged their help workers forward of the 2022 season and roped in power-hitting specialist Julian Wooden. Agarwal mentioned Wooden brings “one thing completely different” to the desk.
“Woody is a high man. We’ve had couple of classes collectively. He has received completely different concepts concerning the sport, it’s implausible to work with him. He’s fairly versatile and is spending a number of time with every batsman.
“He is not only speaking about energy hitting, he’s analysing what their strengths are and take a look at after which maximise their potential. He has been an ideal addition to the staff and we stay up for executing the abilities that he has been instructing us,” he added.
