IPL 2023: He has been fantastic both times he has batted – Aakash Chopra hails Prabhsimran Singh

Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra has lauded youngster Prabhsimran Singh for his fine knock against Rajasthan Royals at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Wednesday. Singh scored a blistering knock of 60 runs off just 34 balls as he batted at the top of his game.

In fact, the youngster scored a good cameo of 23 runs in the opening match against Kolkata Knight Riders but he was unlucky to be dismissed on an innocuous delivery down the leg side.

Meanwhile, Singh struck the ball nicely against RR and helped his team post 63 runs in the first six overs, with Shikhar Dhawan playing a second fiddle. The 22-year-old scored seven fours and three sixes in his quickfire knock.

Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube Channel, “Rajasthan Royals opted to bowl after winning the toss. When they came to bowl – Prabhsimran, how well he hit. He has been fantastic both times he has batted. Last time he scored all 23 runs before he got out and here also it seemed Shikhar Dhawan was playing the hero’s brother’s role.”

“He (Dhawan) was going at a run-a-ball and the other boy was actually flying. Shikhar Dhawan changed gears as soon as Prabhsimran left. No one was taking the name of stopping, whether it was Jitesh Sharma or Shahrukh Khan. They kept going and reached 197 overall, which I felt was less.”

On the other hand, the former KKR player showered praise on Nathan Ellis, who returned with figures of 4-30 in his quota of four overs. There was a lot of dew but the Australian was right on the money as he had great control.

“The Player of the Match in my opinion was Nathan Ellis. The ball was like a wet bar of soap, where everyone got hit a lot on a high-scoring ground and the bowlers were struggling. There this bowler came and picked up four wickets, which included Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal’s wickets.”

“I would say well done Nathan Ellis. He has done so well that when Kagiso Rabada becomes available, you will feel whether you should play him or not because this guy is doing so well and you cannot leave out any overseas batter in any case. So what should you do? That’s their problem, not yours or mine.”

Ellis made the most of the cross-seam deliveries as he delivered for PBKS. Punjab Kings will next face Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday.