Nothing has gone right for Punjab Kings so far in the 17th season of IPL, in which the team has lost 4 out of 6 matches. In the match against Rajasthan Royals also, Punjab Kings suffered a close defeat by 3 wickets. In this match, Punjab team, playing first, scored 147 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs, while Rajasthan chased the target in 19.5 overs. There was a very poor performance in this match from the batsmen of Punjab Kings team in which they lost half of their team till the score of 70. Ashutosh Sharma, who came to bat lower down the order, played an innings of 31 runs in 16 balls and took the team to a fighting score in this match. On the basis of this inning, Ashutosh made a record in IPL history which no player has been able to achieve till now.
30 plus scores in three consecutive innings at No. 8 or below
Punjab Kings had made 25-year-old player from Madhya Pradesh Ashutosh Sharma a part of their team for IPL 2024. Till now, the team has used him as an impact player, in which Ashutosh has impressed everyone with his aggressive batting in three matches. While making his IPL debut in the match against Gujarat Titans, Ashutosh played an inning of 31 runs in just 17 balls, while after this, in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ashutosh’s bat saw an unbeaten inning of 33 runs in 15 balls, while Even in the match against Rajasthan, he managed to score 31 runs. With this, Ashutosh has become the first player in IPL history to have scored 30 plus runs in three consecutive matches while batting at number 8 or below.
Scored runs with a strike rate close to 200
If we look at the record of Ashutosh Sharma in his first three matches of IPL, he has scored 95 runs at an average of 47.5, in which his strike rate was seen at 197.92. If we look at Ashutosh’s record in T20 cricket, he has scored 483 runs in 17 matches at an average of 32.20 and during this period he has also seen 4 half-century innings with his bat.
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