Shashank Singh’s journey in the Indian Premier League with Punjab Kings did not get off to the best of starts. During the auction in December 2023, there was confusion towards the end of the accelerated auction with the Kings seemingly trying to back out of buying Singh.
The team clarified later on that the confusion stemmed from two Shashank Singhs in the player pool and that they bought the player they had always wanted to buy.
Singh, to his credit, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that it was “all cool” and thanked the team for trusting him.
On Thursday, Singh repaid the Kings’s trust in him by smashing an unbeaten 29-ball 61 to guide the Kings to a three-wicket win over the Gujarat Giants in Ahmedabad.
Chasing 200 runs, Singh along with fellow uncapped player Ashutosh Sharma (31 runs off 17 balls) stitched together a 43-run stand off 22 balls for the seventh wicket to complete a stunning win for the Kings.
The Gujarat Titans posted 199/4 from their 20 overs with captain Shubman Gill leading from the front with an unbeaten 48-ball 89. Rahul Tewatia played a handy cameo scoring 23 runs off eight deliveries to spur the home side late on.
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