The first match of the season 2024 between SRH and PBKS was a high stake clash and the begin of the game was spectacular. A big blow for SRH’s chase of a competitive target of 215 came in Punjab Kings squad, their left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh first pinned SRH’s in form cricketer Travis Head right on the crease and gave him out lbw without even facing a ball.
Head’s Woes Begin Early
Head, who has scored a bundle for his teams in the season and has caused sleepless nights for the opposition bowling departments, was clean bowled by a yorker by Arshdeep Singh to the first legitimate ball of the SRH innings. On Monday, the Australian batsman, famous for his hard-hitting batting, struggled to come to terms with it as Arshdeep Singh backed away and hurled this gem of a delivery.
Again Sri Lankan Head, who has been a total nightmare for the bowling units of the opposition teams in the IPL 2024 season, was foxed by a good delivery of Arshdeep. It was the first ball to be bowled in the second innings and that put the SRH on early backfoot.
Needed – A well directed delivery does the trick
Various sources described how Arshdeep Singh another Indian cricketer managed to give a good-length delivery which would pierce and move in sharply after rising around the off-stump. At one moment, when Head probably anticipated an outswinging ball, he was caught a little delayed in getting his bat down to it. He failed to counter as the skiddy ball snuck under his defense and disturbed the wood work & Sağ an kt sk for a golden duck.
The exact details of the delivery that dismissed Head are not explicitly mentioned, but reports suggest it was a good-length ball that skidded through and clipped the off-stump. Head, perhaps expecting something fuller or wider, was caught flat-footed and was a touch late in bringing his bat down. The dismissal highlighted Arshdeep’s ability to swing the new ball and exploit any hesitation from the batsman.
Head’s Woes Begin Early
Head, who has been a real nightmare for the bowling units of the opposing teams right through the tournament, found himself on the receiving end of a peach of an imparted delivery by Arshdeep Singh that compromised the very first delivery of the SRH’s innings. Of late, the Australian batsman, who is quite famous for his aggressive gameplay, had nothing in reply as Arshdeep served this gem to him.
Previously,, has been a disaster for opposition bowlers throughout the IPL 2024 season, Head was outwitted by Arshdeep’s planned delivery. Another dismissal occurred in the initial over of SRH’s chase of the target which put the Orange Army under immediate pressure.
SRH got an early blow in the chase.
With Head gone for a duck on the bowling of K Krithik, SRH’s chase got a big blow. Their combination has been very effective in their team and they have been splendid in their partnership while opening the bat for their team this season. Screaming vacated the furthest threshold where he belongs, putting an extraordinary amount of pressure on the next six batsmen to repeat this feat and chase a large target.
Arshdeep continues his impressive run Chasing a daunting total of 240 this year and making light of it many a time is not a child’s play In this regard Arshdeep has been rising above the challenge and proving his mettle through his performance going by the band name of Arshy.
This wicket has to be another proud moment for Arshdeep Singh as a new player. The young fast bowler has emerged as one of PBKS’ most effective performers this season, regularly taking wickets at important junctures of the match and containing the batsmen from the opposition. From this we are able to see that he is quite effective with the new ball and can also bowl at a fair pace.
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