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Sehwag, Ojha blame the PBKS think-tank's thought process
Former India cricketers Virender Sehwag and Pragyan Ojha criticized the thought process in Punjab Kings’ batting line-up for their crushing five-wicket loss to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL match in Ahmedabad on Monday. While Sehwag believed there was a need to change the structure of the PBKS batting line-up, Ojha said the top-order is putting undue pressure on big-hitters Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran to put up a big score. Punjab Kings went through a batting collapse against KKR. Put in to bat first, KL Rahul & Co were restricted to 124 for 9 as none of the batters could get a decent score except Mayank Agarwal, who scored a scratchy 31. In reply, Eoin Morgan fired an unbeaten 47 and stitched a 66-run fourth-wicket stand with Rahul Tripathi (41) to help KKR win the game by 5 wickets.
Gayle scored a golden duck while Pooran registered his highest score in this IPL - 19 off 19 balls. Despite having some big guns of the game, PBKS failed to post a challenging score against the Knight Riders. Sehwag opined that the KL Rahul-led side was outstanding with the ball but they need to work out on their batting structure.
