“Not Same Batter He Was Last Season”: Sanjay Manjrekar On PBKS Captain Mayank Agarwal’s Torrid Form

Punjab Kings’ hopes of constructing it to the playoffs had been left hanging by a thread following their defeat to Delhi Capitals on Monday. It was one other tumultuous evening for Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal with the bat, dismissed for a two-ball duck by Axar Patel. Ultimately, PBKS didn’t chase down the 160-run goal, falling quick by 17 runs. It meant that PBKS will now need to depend on different groups doing them a favour, if they’re to have any probability of constructing into the highest 4.

It was one other powerful evening for PBKS skipper Mayank Agarwal. After a string of poor performances, the fashionable right-hander had dropped down the order in order that England star Jonny Bairstow might open the innings.

However regardless of his prowess of enjoying spin bowling nicely, Agarwal’s struggles have continued.

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels that Agarwal is brief on confidence, and never the identical batter that he was final season.

“It wasn’t a simple place for him to come back and make a match or win the sport (in opposition to Delhi Capitals on Monday). However he has that sort of expertise, he has the talents. In reality, even within the Check degree, once you see him hitting sixes, he does that in opposition to spinners. So, there isn’t any purpose he should not be getting runs. However this can be a man who is brief on confidence. He is not the identical batter that he was final season,” Manjrekar stated on ESPNcricinfo’s T20 TIME:OUT present.

Former India spinner Piyush Chawla stated burden of captaincy is displaying on Mayank Agarwal.

“I do not know the way a lot he has captained within the home cricket and all as a result of captaincy is a large accountability. When the burden comes in your shoulder, it clearly reveals on the sphere. We have now seen that with Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja) and now we’re witnessing that right here with Mayank Agarwal as nicely. He needed to sacrifice his place as a result of he was not getting runs on the prime of the order,” stated Chawla.

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“He got here decrease down the order, he is an excellent participant of spin bowling as nicely, however that confidence is just not there for the time being. He simply wants that one large innings — even like good 40 runs — goes to work for him. It isn’t coming for him for the time being and that is actually disappointing to see,” he added.

Mayank Agarwal has scored 195 runs in 11 innings in IPL 2022 at a median of 17.73 with only a half-century to his identify.