IPL 2024: Big blow to Punjab Kings, bad news about captain Shikhar Dhawan

Mullanpur (Uttam Hindu News): Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan may be out of the field for 7 or 10 days due to a shoulder injury. PBKS Cricket Development Head Sanjay Bangar has confirmed this. If Dhawan sits on the bench for a week, he may miss the two PBKS home matches of IPL 2024, against Mumbai Indians (April 18) and Gujarat Titans (April 21).

Sanjay Bangar said, Dhawan is out of the team due to shoulder injury. So, I would say that he is likely to be out of the game for a few days. An experienced opening batsman, someone like Shikhar, who has the experience of playing becomes very important for the team on such wickets. Dhawan also missed PBKS’s Saturday night match against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Sam Curran took over the captaincy of the team in his place.

“We will have to wait and see how he responds to the treatment, but at the moment it looks like he could be out of the field for at least seven to 10 days,” Bangar said after Kings’ three-wicket defeat. Is. In Dhawan’s absence, Sam Curran was in charge of the Punjab team against Rajasthan Royals. When Curran came to toss, it seemed a bit of a surprise decision, as Jitesh Sharma had attended the captains’ conference in Chennai before the start of the season.

When asked a question in this context, Sanjay said, “No…no…he (Jitesh) is not the vice-captain. He participated in the captains’ conference at the beginning of the IPL. For this reason people started considering him as the vice-captain of the team. Sam had led the team last year also. But this season he was delayed in coming to India. For this reason we could not send him to Chennai and Jitesh was sent in his place.

It was not that Jitesh was the acting captain. We were very clear that if needed, Sam Curran would take the captaincy. A similar situation happened during IPL 2023, when Dhawan was temporarily ruled out due to an on-field injury. Sam Curran took charge of PBKS, and led them in three matches with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.

Dhawan did not have a good performance with the bat in IPL 2024, scoring 152 runs in five innings at an average of 30.40 and a strike rate of 125.61. PBKS is currently eighth in the points table with four wins from six matches.