Shashank Singh batting against RCB
All 10 teams announced their retention list for IPL 2025 on Thursday. The total number of players retained was 47. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings retained the least number of players. His retention number was only two. It seems that the Punjab Kings team is looking to create a completely new team for the next season. Let us tell you that Punjab Kings did not win the IPL title even once. The last time his team had reached the finals was in the year 2014. The two players retained by this team, which has been waiting for the first trophy for a long time, include the names of Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. They have retained Shashank Singh for Rs 5.5 crore. He is the most expensive uncapped player retained.
Shashank’s strong performance
Shashank Singh had performed amazingly in the IPL played in the year 2024. Where he scored 354 runs at an excellent strike rate of 164.65. Being the team’s top run scorer, he impressed the team management of Punjab Kings a lot. This is the reason why despite having many big names in the team, he has been retained. Meanwhile, Shashanki Singh has said that he will prove to his team owner that his decision was right by showing great performance in the year 2025.
What did Shashank say on being retained?
As soon as Punjab Kings released their retention list, Shashank Singh said that I am grateful to the franchise because they have given me another chance and have shown faith in me. I will always be grateful for the opportunity he has given me. Now my job is to prove them right. Punjab Kings had bought Shashank in the IPL 2024 auction for his base price of Rs 20 lakh, but after buying him, Punjab Kings had said that they had bought Shashank by mistake. However, he later clarified that the confusion arose because there was another player with the same name in the auction list.
After this, Shashank Singh also got a chance to play for Punjab Kings. Where he proved with his strong performance that he is worthy of being in this team. He played a brilliant inning of 61 runs on 29 balls in the match played against Gujarat Titans. He said that as a professional cricketer you have to give your 100 percent, only then you are in the team. The way Punjab Kings and fans have shown confidence in me, it is my responsibility to double my performance so that we can be in the race for the title.
(PTI Inputs)
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