With the 18th version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) across the nook, Punjab Kings addressed the media on the season-launch press convention on Tuesday. Head Coach Ricky Ponting, Captain Shreyas Iyer and CEO Satish Menon, delved deeper into the crew’s plans and targets.
Ponting was all reward for Shreyas as he expressed how glad he’s to have the latter because the captain of the aspect and stated he’s trying ahead to work with him once more.
“He’s a fantastic human being. He’s an IPL-winning captain. We couldn’t have requested for extra. He has solely joined the camp a few days in the past. He’s beginning to make his mark on the crew as a captain and as a pacesetter and that may evolve over the subsequent few days earlier than we get into our first recreation,” stated Ponting.
The 2-time World Cup-winning skipper stated he has a balanced aspect to work with. “We have now a very good mixture of youth and expertise. We have now actually high-quality of Indian gamers and a few actually high-quality abroad gamers as nicely.”
“I’m elated with how the squad has come collectively. We had our first session right here final evening which went actually good. The boys have educated very well,” he added expressing his satisfaction with the mixture.
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Shreyas additionally expressed his pleasure to work once more with Ponting and defined how his presence is including to the general depth to the crew.
“He helps everybody. After I labored with him for the primary time up to now, he made me really feel like I’m a fantastic participant and I can simply excel on this format. The boldness he provides a participant is of a special stage,” he stated.
He additional deliberated on the crew’s goal for the season and stated,“The purpose is to win the trophy, that’s our mindset proper now. And it’s a step-by-step course of, it’s not such as you get up within the morning and do it however the best way we’re working towards proper now and the best way we’re sharing our wavelength and camaraderie with one another, it’s going very well.”
In the meantime, commenting on the crew’s construction and their preparations for the brand new season, CEO Satish Menon additional added, “The crew is fearless. The children in our squad are fearless. We have now a fantastic coach in Ponting and a fantastic IPL-winning captain in Shreyas. I don’t assume it could possibly get greater than that. We have now additionally targeted on constructing our model of Punjab and hene we’ve got a variety of gamers from the state in our squad.”
Set to start the marketing campaign on March 25, Punjab Kings will face Gujarat Titans in its first contest on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.