'This is a fairytale story': Mohammad Kaif on Shashank Singh after Punjab Kings' massive victory against KKR

In the 9 matches truthful acold this season, Shashank has scored 263 runs astatine a onslaught complaint of 182.64 and an mean of 65.75. Prior to his stint with the Punjab Kings, Singh had been a portion of Delhi Daredevils (2017), Rajasthan Royals (2019-21) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (2022) setups, but didn't get capable opportunities. In the 10 matches helium did get to play for SRH, Singh lone managed to people 69 runs successful 10 matches astatine a onslaught complaint of 146.81 and an mean of 17.25. 

However, Shashank Singh's unthinkable performances this play person won him praise from his teammates, societal media users and erstwhile cricketers. In fact, erstwhile Indian batter and commentator Mohammed Kaif has called Singh's comeback successful IPL a ‘fairytale story’ portion lauding the efforts enactment successful by the Punjab Kings batter. 

Former cricketers successful awe of Shashank Singh's IPL performances:

Sharing his sentiment connected the matter, Kaif wrote connected X (formerly Twitter), “This is simply a fairytale story. Chhattisgarh subordinate gets retired astatine zero successful archetypal game. Finds signifier and present takes his squad location successful historical IPL chase. Shashank Singh mehnat hullo sapne sach karti hai"

Meanwhile, erstwhile South African pacer Dale Steyn besides shared his praise for Shashank Singh via a station connected X. He wrote,  “I couldn’t beryllium happier for Shashank! He was with america astatine SRH a fewer years ago, specified a hard worker, a large squad guy, gives it his each and ever has a grin connected his face. Well done my friend! So good deserved"

Meanwhile, PBKS skipper Sam Curran went to telephone Singh PBKS's find of the play successful the post-match interaction. He said, “He has been the find of the play for america on ewewith Ashutosh Sharma. He has batted exceptionally wel for us. It was immoderate pursuit against Kolkata. It was a breathtaking game. The stats went retired of windown.

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Published: 27 Apr 2024, 11:11 AM IST