The plan was to bowl wide yorkers to the rampaging Sanju Samson, Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh said after he guided his team to a four-...
The plan was to bowl wide yorkers to the rampaging Sanju Samson, Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh said after he guided his team to a four-run win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Samson almost took Royals home with a breathtaking 119 off 63 balls but was caught off the game’s final ball with left-arm pacer Arshdeep defending 13 runs in the last over on Monday night.
At the post-match press conference, Arshdeep was asked how he prepares himself for bowling in high pressure situations.
“I just back myself and the way support staff or the bowling coach said to back myself and try to keep the things simple and back the plan which has been devised after speaking to the captain and if you have to bluff, bluff the batsmen and not the captain,” Arshdeep said.
He returned figures of 3/35 as Punjab managed to eke out a win after posting 221/6 on the board.
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The left-arm pacer dismissed Samson on the final ball as the Rajasthan skipper holed in the deep.
Asked about his plans to bowl at Samson in the final over, Arshdeep said, “The field was set and the plan that he was to...
