Even before Harpreet Brar had bowled his first ball, the left-arm orthodox spinner was already feeling very good about himself. This wasn’t...
Even before Harpreet Brar had bowled his first ball, the left-arm orthodox spinner was already feeling very good about himself. This wasn’t just because he had scored a vital 17-ball 25 in the Punjab Kings batting effort earlier. He was feeling good simply because he had got a game; something that had been in very short supply ever since he was picked up by the franchise for Rs 20 lakhs at the auctions prior to IPL 2019.
Brar had played just three games before coming into the match against the in-form Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday. Two games in 2019, one in 2020 and one in 2021. In his earlier matches, he took no wickets and his economy rate was high too. So it was perhaps no surprise that RCB tried to go after him.
The first ball Brar bowled was hit for six straight down the ground by Virat Kohli. The was the RCB and India captain trying to stamp his authority on the young 25-year-old from Moga district in Punjab.
Ten runs came off the over — the most expensive of the innings at that point and then, the first ball of the second over was hit for a four… Kohli the batsman again. Two overs,...
