IPL 2025: ‘The plan was if you’re going to miss, miss on the wider side’: Arshdeep talks about Vyshak’s spell in Punjab Kings win over Gujarat Titans
With Gujarat Titans needing 75 runs off the last six overs in their chase of 244 runs against Punjab Kings in the IPL match at Ahmedabad last evening, Kings’ skipper Shreyas Iyer used pacer Vyshak Vijaykumar as an impact sub. The 28-year-old gave away only ten runs in his first two overs as he stuck to the plan of bowling wide of off to Jos Butler and Sherfane Rutherford. Titans could only score 50 runs in the last six overs and Punjab Kings pace spearhead Arshdeep talked about the bowling plan of Vyshak.
“The thought was simple and clear: we’ll make them play on the off side. Really happy for Vyshak. He’s putting in the hard yards in practice. The plan was if you’re going to miss, miss on the wider side. It does slip a bit with the dew, but the plan was to bowl as wide as possible. Credi...