The 44th match of IPL 2025 fell to rain, due to which Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings had to share 1-1 points. However, during the batting in this match, Punjab Kings made some decisions which surprised everyone. Punjab team management did not send Indian players like Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh to bat and sent foreign batsmen above them, many former cricketers were surprised to see these views.
Now former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwari has made a big prediction for this reason that the IPL will not win this year due to preference to foreign players on Punjab Kings Indian players. Punjab sent Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jenson and Josh Iglis to bat for the batsmen Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh in form but Tiwari did not like the step.
Tiwari criticized head coach Ricky Ponting and said that lack of confidence in Indian batsmen could lead to his downfall in the current season. Tiwari wrote on his X account, “I think the Punjab team will not win the IPL Trophy in this season, because when he was batting today, I saw that the coach did not send the batsmen Nehal Vadhera and Shashank Singh in Indian form, but they gave trust in their foreign players, but they could not do so in the lower sequence and they were not able to do so in the lower sequence, then they showed less in the same way. Despite making a place, the title will stay away from them. “
Let us know that Shashank has scored 158 runs in seven innings at an average of 52.66 in the current season, including a half -century. On the other hand, Nehal Vadhera has scored 189 runs in seven innings, in which he has played match winning innings against Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, both did not get a chance to bat against KKR.
