IPL Rising Star: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season has been special in many ways so far, with many big records being broken in batting. Something similar was seen in the match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings in which the Punjab team made the record of the biggest successful run chase in the history of men’s T20 cricket. In this match, Punjab Kings team had a target of 262 runs, which they achieved in 18.4 overs at the loss of 2 wickets. In this victory of Punjab Kings, 32 year old batsman Shashank Singh played an important role with the bat and played an unbeaten inning of 68 runs in just 28 balls in which he hit 8 sixes. Shashank has impressed everyone with his bat so far in this IPL season.
Shashank Singh became a part of Punjab Kings by mistake
When the player auction process was organized in December 2023 for the 17th season of IPL, the Punjab Kings team had mistakenly included Shashank Singh in their team. The franchise wanted to include young Shashank Singh in the team but they bid for 32-year-old Shashank Singh and later when they came to know about it, they had to make Shashank a part of their team. Shashank Singh has also answered everyone with his performance and is continuously playing such innings for the team in every match, which are making a big difference in the match. Shashank has batted in 9 innings so far in IPL 2024, in which he has scored 263 runs at an average of 65.75 and his strike rate has also been 182.63. 18 sixes have been seen so far from the bat of Shashank Singh and he has returned to the pavilion unbeaten 5 times in the match.
Who is Shashank Singh after all?
Talking about Shashank Singh, this 32 year old player plays for Chhattisgarh team in domestic cricket. Shashank Singh was born in Bhilai. In the year 2015, Shashank got a chance to play for Mumbai in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy. However, after not getting a chance in first class cricket, Shashank decided to play for Chhattisgarh team. Shashank Singh has been a part of Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad teams in IPL till now, but he did not get a chance to play many matches during that time. When Shashank got a chance from the Punjab team this season, he first showed his talent in the match against Mumbai Indians, in which he played an inning of 61 runs in 29 balls and won the match in such a situation that the team was in such a situation. Neither had even imagined. After this innings, there was maximum discussion about Shashank and now he has become an important part of Punjab Kings team.
Shashank Singh’s career has been like this till now
If we look at the career of 32-year-old all-rounder Shashank Singh so far, he has scored 858 runs in 21 first class matches at an average of 31.77, which includes one century and 6 half-centuries. If we look at Shashank’s record in List-A, he has scored 986 runs in 30 matches at an average of 41.08. In T20 cricket, Shashank has scored 987 runs at an average of 24.67 while playing 64 matches, while his strike rate has been 145.79. Apart from this, Shashank is also an off-spinner and can prove to be very useful depending on the situation.
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