IPL 2022: Punjab Kings co-owner opens up about the choice of a new captain

The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Punjab Kings (PBKS) have picked up some outstanding gamers of their squad for the upcoming version of the event.

They purchased worldwide stars like Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada on the recently-concluded mega-auction.

Nonetheless, will probably be attention-grabbing to see who shall be main the Mohali-based franchise in IPL 2022. As per a number of reviews, Dhawan is the entrance runner to be named as PBKS captain.

Throughout an interview with News9 Sports activities, Mohit Burman, the franchise’s co-owner, shared his ideas of constructing a robust squad across the senior gamers.

“I feel it’s a giant benefit to have a senior participant who has performed with you earlier than to steer the crew. He [Dhawan] understands the considering of the coach. He has a superb rapport with the coaches and the thought is to present him a robust bunch of gamers who refill all of the positions,” mentioned Burman.

The franchise purchased Dhawan for a whopping worth of Rs 8.25 crore on the mega-auction.

The left-handed opener had represented Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the earlier IPL editions and is among the many prime run-getters of the profitable league.

Dhawan led Workforce India’s white-ball squad on their final tour of Sri Lanka when the opposite crew was competing towards England within the UK.

“Our technique was to place very sturdy lieutenants in each place so it could be a lot simpler for the captain to not solely lead however be a crew participant. Due to this fact, I needed to present an equal taking part in facet which can come throughout as a robust crew than to have one sturdy chief,” added Burman.

Punjab Kings squad for IPL 2022:

Mayank Agarwal, Prerak Mankad, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Benny Howell, Baltej Singh, Ansh Patel, Liam Livingstone, Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Taide, Odean Smith, Raj Bawa, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Sandeep Sharma, Nathan Elis, Vaibhav Arora, Ishan Porel, Rahul Chahar.