The Indian Premier League (IPL) clash between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) was called off due to rain at Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Shastri discussed the new breed of youngsters on show at the ongoing IPL with host Sanjana Ganesan on the latest episode of The ICC Review, and the India legend admitted he has been taken aback by the fearless approach of some of the teenage sensations who have taken the tournament by storm.
PBKS will be locking horns against KKR at Eden Gardens on Saturday. PBKS is at the fifth spot with five wins and three losses, giving them 10 points. On the other hand, KKR is struggling, having won just three of their eight matches and standing in seventh spot in the points table.
With this win, RCB has managed to avenge their five-wicket loss to PBKS at their home stadium of M Chinnaswammy Stadium and secured their fifth win of the season. They are in third spot, with five wins, three losses and 10 points. With a same win-loss ratio, PBKS is at fourth spot.
In the away clashes in this IPL, Krunal has picked 3/29 in four overs against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), 0/26 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), delivered a brilliant 4/45 spell against Mumbai Indians (MI) and conceded just 29 runs for a wicket in four overs against Rajasthan Royals
PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer was up against his former team, which he led to title last year. But with a two-ball duck and a shambolic batting performance to his team's name, it proved to be a nightmare.
Abhishek Sharma and his 171-run partnership with Travis Head made light work of Punjab Kings' (PBKS) mammoth target of 246 runs as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) cruised home by eight wickets with nine balls left in their IPL encounter on Saturday.
Following his team's eight-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Punjab Kings (PBKS) opener and wicketkeeper-batter Prabhsimran Singh spoke about his match-winning knock in the 13th clash of the ongoing 18th edition of the cash-rich league.
Iyer-led PBKS continued to stamp their authority as relentless hitting from Prabhsimran Singh, Iyer and Nehal Wadhera after a measured bowling effort helped them make it two wins in two matches at the start of the season against LSG at Ekana Stadium on Tuesday.
Pant-led LSG could not make their fans happy during the start of their campaign at home as not only the captain's own flop show with the bat continued, but the power-packed line-up could only score 171/7, which was chased down by PBKS as batters Prabhsimran Singh, skipper Shreyas Iyer and Ne