Nehal Wadhera, a batter for the Punjab Kings, praised captain Shreyas Iyer and head coach Ricky Ponting for the team’s historic victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Nehal Wadhera, a batter for the Punjab Kings, praised captain Shreyas Iyer and head coach Ricky Ponting for the team’s historic victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders in Tuesday’s IPL 2025 match. PBKS won their fourth straight game at Mullanpur, where they defended the lowest IPL total ever. With spinner Yuzvendra Chahal roaring and taking four wickets, PBKS defended the score of 112 and bowled KKR for just 95. Wadhera disclosed the conversation Ponting had with the players during the innings break following the momentous victory.After choosing to bat first, PBKS’ worst dread came true as KKR’s bowling arsenal overwhelmed their batting lineup. Their hitters were hustled out for 111 after genuinely struggling to reach the 100-run milestone. According to Wadhera, Ponting encouraged the bowlers to do better during the innings break rather than expressing any disappointment to the hitters.
Never once have I heard him say anything unfavorable. When your coach has such a positive attitude and motivates everyone He simply stated, “Okay, our bowlers need to get the job done today,” even after we were out for 111. Today, I need some spells that are particularly flaming. At the news conference following the game, Wadhera stated, “You know, when players listen to such things from our coach, the confidence automatically just boosts up.””I believe that it truly manifested in the field, and I attribute this to both Shreyas Iyer and his motivational speeches. I believe he is one of the best captains I have ever played under because of the way he just charges everyone. His skills as a batsman and a skipper are quite impressive. “It’s really amazing how he’s leading the team,” he continued.
Wadhera also praised Yuzvendra Chahal for his game-winning spell and said the team was always confident in defending the low score.”We never lacked confidence.” We were certain that our bowlers could perform well here, and the performances of Chahal, Arshdeep, Marco Jansen, and (Xavier) Bartlett in his debut were quite impressive. Therefore, I believe that today’s bowlers deserve all the credit. “I think they really made up for it, even if the batters didn’t have a great day with the bat,” Wadhera said.”His statistics today showed that he took four important wickets and, in spite of the presence of left-handers, he got Rinku out there, which was a really important wicket for us. I believe it was the way he mixed his pace and bowled slower, wider balls. He demonstrated this to us all today, and I believe he won the game,” he continued. “I believe this is what experience does to a bowler.”
