Before Saturday, Shashank Singh’s only IPL victim was Abhishek Sharma (2024). That was, however, before the part-time medium-pacer’s exploits (3-0-20-2) against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
His heroics not only ended Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma’s stay in the crease after a rollicking partnership but also fashioned PBKS’ six-wicket win over SRH.
PBKS opener Prabhsimran Singh credited skipper Shreyas Iyer for giving Shashank this rare responsibility.
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“Actually, our captain brought in Shashank. And there can be another reason for introducing Shashank because he has dismissed Abhishek once before. He got him out again today [Saturday]. Abhishek and Head were batting really well, and we got back into the match only after those two wickets,” Prabhsimran said during the post-match press conference at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium.
The wicket-keeper, too, played a major part in the victory (51, 25b). It was his blistering 99-run stand with opener Priyansh Arya (57, 20b) that broke the back of the 220-run chase.
“Priyansh and I are batting well as a pair. We have chased well all these games, and we’ll try to continue this way.”
On the mindset required before setting out to chase such a tall target, Prabhsimran elaborated: “When you are going for a big chase, you have to cash in on the PowerPlay. At one point, it looked like we would have to chase 250, but our bowlers made a really good comeback. The clarity given to us by the captain and the coach also helped us a lot”.
Published on Apr 11, 2026
![PBKS vs SRH, IPL 2026: Prabhsimran credits skipper Shreyas for Shashank’s game-changing spell Before Saturday, Shashank Singh’s only IPL victim was Abhishek Sharma (2024). That was, however, before the part-time medium-pacer’s exploits (3-0-20-2) against Sunrisers Hyderabad.His heroics not only ended Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma’s stay in the crease after a rollicking partnership but also fashioned PBKS’ six-wicket win over SRH.PBKS opener Prabhsimran Singh credited skipper Shreyas Iyer for giving Shashank this rare responsibility.ALSO READ | Match Preview: Mumbai Indians battle pesky ‘slow starters’ tag as RCB comes calling“Actually, our captain brought in Shashank. And there can be another reason for introducing Shashank because he has dismissed Abhishek once before. He got him out again today [Saturday]. Abhishek and Head were batting really well, and we got back into the match only after those two wickets,” Prabhsimran said during the post-match press conference at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium.The wicket-keeper, too, played a major part in the victory (51, 25b). It was his blistering 99-run stand with opener Priyansh Arya (57, 20b) that broke the back of the 220-run chase.“Priyansh and I are batting well as a pair. We have chased well all these games, and we’ll try to continue this way.”On the mindset required before setting out to chase such a tall target, Prabhsimran elaborated: “When you are going for a big chase, you have to cash in on the PowerPlay. At one point, it looked like we would have to chase 250, but our bowlers made a really good comeback. The clarity given to us by the captain and the coach also helped us a lot”.Published on Apr 11, 2026 #PBKS #SRH #IPL #Prabhsimran #credits #skipper #Shreyas #Shashanks #gamechanging #spell](https://i3.wp.com/ss-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/mqpthv/article70851681.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/IPL%202026%2019.JPG?ssl=1 "PBKS vs SRH, IPL 2026: Prabhsimran credits skipper Shreyas for Shashank’s game-changing spell Before Saturday, Shashank Singh’s only IPL victim was Abhishek Sharma (2024). That was, however, before the part-time medium-pacer’s exploits (3-0-20-2) against Sunrisers Hyderabad.His heroics not only ended Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma’s stay in the crease after a rollicking partnership but also fashioned PBKS’ six-wicket win over SRH.PBKS opener Prabhsimran Singh credited skipper Shreyas Iyer for giving Shashank this rare responsibility.ALSO READ | Match Preview: Mumbai Indians battle pesky ‘slow starters’ tag as RCB comes calling“Actually, our captain brought in Shashank. And there can be another reason for introducing Shashank because he has dismissed Abhishek once before. He got him out again today [Saturday]. Abhishek and Head were batting really well, and we got back into the match only after those two wickets,” Prabhsimran said during the post-match press conference at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium.The wicket-keeper, too, played a major part in the victory (51, 25b). It was his blistering 99-run stand with opener Priyansh Arya (57, 20b) that broke the back of the 220-run chase.“Priyansh and I are batting well as a pair. We have chased well all these games, and we’ll try to continue this way.”On the mindset required before setting out to chase such a tall target, Prabhsimran elaborated: “When you are going for a big chase, you have to cash in on the PowerPlay. At one point, it looked like we would have to chase 250, but our bowlers made a really good comeback. The clarity given to us by the captain and the coach also helped us a lot”.Published on Apr 11, 2026 #PBKS #SRH #IPL #Prabhsimran #credits #skipper #Shreyas #Shashanks #gamechanging #spell")
![IPL 2026: Shashank Singh plays down PBKS’s poor record against SRH, backs bowlers to come good “Our bowling unit wants to dominate not only tomorrow’s [Saturday] match but also all the upcoming matches.”This one line from Punjab Kings batter Shashank Singh easily conveys the confidence the team has in its bowling line-up, which next faces the batting might of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL).“We are backing our strength. The present situation is that our bowlers are playing very well. Their batting order is very good, but we have a very good attack with the likes of Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh and Marco Jansen in our ranks. So, we will prefer to think about our strengths and not theirs,” Shashank said during the pre-match press conference here on Friday.READ | Batting units in the spotlight as Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad meetPBKS used up 19.1 overs and seven wickets while chasing down 163 against Gujarat Titans the last time it played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium. The hosts come into this contest without a great record, both at this ground (4-7) and against their opponent (7-17).“We don’t think about stats. Right now, we are looking at trying to impress each other in our team.”“We don’t have the best of records in home conditions over the past couple of years. But again, we could have won the first match convincingly this season. We made some mistakes in the middle overs, which led to that game going down to the wire… as humans, you make errors and learn from them. In a way, it was good that the first match challenged us,” Shashank added.Published on Apr 10, 2026 #IPL #Shashank #Singh #plays #PBKSs #poor #record #SRH #backs #bowlers #good](https://i0.wp.com/ss-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/k9gc09/article70847874.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/hahs.jpg?ssl=1 "IPL 2026: Shashank Singh plays down PBKS’s poor record against SRH, backs bowlers to come good “Our bowling unit wants to dominate not only tomorrow’s [Saturday] match but also all the upcoming matches.”This one line from Punjab Kings batter Shashank Singh easily conveys the confidence the team has in its bowling line-up, which next faces the batting might of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL).“We are backing our strength. The present situation is that our bowlers are playing very well. Their batting order is very good, but we have a very good attack with the likes of Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh and Marco Jansen in our ranks. So, we will prefer to think about our strengths and not theirs,” Shashank said during the pre-match press conference here on Friday.READ | Batting units in the spotlight as Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad meetPBKS used up 19.1 overs and seven wickets while chasing down 163 against Gujarat Titans the last time it played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium. The hosts come into this contest without a great record, both at this ground (4-7) and against their opponent (7-17).“We don’t think about stats. Right now, we are looking at trying to impress each other in our team.”“We don’t have the best of records in home conditions over the past couple of years. But again, we could have won the first match convincingly this season. We made some mistakes in the middle overs, which led to that game going down to the wire… as humans, you make errors and learn from them. In a way, it was good that the first match challenged us,” Shashank added.Published on Apr 10, 2026 #IPL #Shashank #Singh #plays #PBKSs #poor #record #SRH #backs #bowlers #good")
