Punjab Kings have placed on spectacular indicators up to now within the IPL 2025 season below skipper Shreyas Iyer and head coach Ricky Ponting, however former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary believes that might not be sufficient to assist the facet by to their maiden IPL title this time.
Citing Ponting’s lack of belief in Punjab’s native expertise in the course of the conflict towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the Eden Gardens on Saturday night, Tiwary took to social media to clarify his ‘intestine feeling’ that claims PBKS may not cross the hurdle, 11 years after their final and solely look in an IPL ultimate.
Punjab had been off to a blistering begin with the bat as uncapped openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya slammed quick-fire fifties throughout their 120-run opening stand inside 71 deliveries. Nonetheless, Punjab slipped from a place of 160 for one in 14.3 overs to solely 201 for 4 as PBKS opted to ship in Marco Jansen and Glenn Maxwell forward of native stars Shashank Singh and Nehal Wadhera. Whereas Jansen fell for 3 off 7 deliveries, Maxwell’s poor type continued as he was castled for 7.
My intestine feeling says that punjab group will be unable to win the #IPL trophy this season as a result of what I noticed at this time after they had been batting was, the coach didn’t ship Indian inform batters Nehal wadera and Shasank singh, as a substitute he trusted his overseas gamers to ship, however they…
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) April 26, 2025
Tiwary picked up on Ponting’s religion on his abroad gamers after Punjab had placed on a commanding begin with the bat in a match ultimately deserted by robust rain spells in Kolkata.
“My intestine feeling says that Punjab group will be unable to win the #IPL trophy this season as a result of what I noticed at this time after they had been batting was, the coach didn’t ship Indian in-form batters Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh, as a substitute he trusted his overseas gamers to ship, however they couldn’t and clearly confirmed insecurity in Indian gamers down the order. If he persists on this means, then the title is much from them no matter their qualification within the prime two,” Tiwary wrote on X.
With a heavy rain spell within the second half, KKR and PBKS settled to share factors. Punjab presently stands throughout the Playoffs cut-off with 11 factors in 9 matches. Nonetheless, Iyer’s males could possibly be displaced after Sunday’s double-header the place Mumbai Indians face Lucknow Tremendous Giants in a mid-table conflict in Mumbai.