Prabhsimran Singh gave the Punjab Kings a ballistic start in their Indian Premier League 2023 campaign, in their first game against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali.
The 22-year-old youngster played his shots fearless against two veteran KKR pacers, Umesh Yadav and Tim Southee, cracking 23 quickfire runs in only 12 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes.
In the first over, Prabhsimran Singh whipped Umesh off his legs to a maximum. In the second over, he stroked two brilliant fours to Southee before launching the Kiwi seamer over cow corner for a six.
Opener’s innings, however, came to end via some bad luck as he got strangled down the legside, and was caught by the wicket-keeper.
This got the fans interested in the youngster from Punjab: Prabh Singh.
Who is Prabhsimran Singh? What is his domestic record? Has he played in the IPL before?
22-year-old Prabh Singh has been part of the PBKS since 2019 and had played in 6 IPL matches before IPL 2023, scoring only 64 runs with a best of 16.
Today, in the absence of the injured Jonny Bairstow, Prabh Singh opened alongside Shikhar Dhawan and gave his side a blinder of a start.
Prabhsimran Singh domestic record:
In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022/23, Prabhsimran Singh was the third-leading run-scorer with 320 runs in 9 innings at a superb average of 53 and strike rate of 141 with 4 half-centuries.
A wicket-keeper batsman, Prabhsimran Singh plays for Punjab in domestic cricket and has impressive record. In 11 first-class matches, he averages 49 with 3 centuries and a fifty; in 24 List-A games, the right-hander averages 31 with one century and 4 fifties, and in 40 T20 innings, he averages 37 at a strike rate of 137 with one century and 9 fifties.
Before coming into the Indian Premier League 2023, the youngster had had a brilliant domestic season. In red-ball cricket last season, he smashed a double century and a century.
PBKS vs KKR Playing XI and Substitute list for Impact Player:
PBKS (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
KKR (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
KKR substitutes: Suyash, Arora, Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer and David Wiese.
PBKS substitutes: Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Taide, Matt Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, and Mohit Rathee.
