Former Indian Batsman Criticizes Ricky Ponting for Favoring Foreign Players in IPL

Former Indian batsman Manoj Tiwary believes that Punjab Kings will not be able to win the IPL 2025 title and also made a big allegation against the franchise's head coach Ricky Ponting. During the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday, Punjab batsmen Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh started well, after which the team decided to send Glenn Maxwell at number 4 and Marco Jansen at number 5. Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh could not play a single ball due to change in batting order.

On this, Tiwary said that Ponting chose foreign batsmen over Indian talent and this plan did not work for him. Tiwary believes that if Ponting does not show faith in Indian players, Punjab will not win the title this year.

"My inner feeling says that Punjab won't be able to win the #IPL Trophy this season, because today when they were batting, I saw that the coach didn't send the in-form batsmen Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh, but they trusted their foreign players. But they could not do so and their trust in the Indian players in the lower order was less. If he proceeds in this way, the title will remain away from him despite his merit in the top two. #KKRvsPBKS. "

If we talk about the match, the whole match was spoiled due to rain. Batting first at the Eden Gardens, Punjab scored 201 runs. Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya made a strong start with brilliant half-centuries but Kolkata made a comeback and took four wickets for the visiting team. In reply, Kolkata scored seven runs in an over without losing a wicket, but then the storm came and the mud started flying around. After this it rained and the match had to be cancelled. After this match, Kolkata is now in seventh place with 7 points. Punjab is in fourth place with 11 points.