Harbhajan Singh said that Punjab Kings were being “led from outside” in IPL 2022.© AFP
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 saw the rise of many rising stars while some iconic names could not live up to the expectations. The franchise cricket league also got a new champion in Hardik PandyaLed by Gujarat Titans. However, one team that could not find consistency and did not qualify for the playoffs was Punjab Kings. Mayank AgarwalThe mega-auction saw a pretty strong team on paper, but eventually finished sixth on the table with seven wins from 14 matches. Captain Mayank, who took over from KL RahulHis batting was off-color as well.
Mayank, 31, scored 196 runs in 13 matches at an average of just 16.33 in a tough season. He scored just one fifty. It was one of his worst IPL seasons.
“If we talk about Mayank, I thought ‘what has happened to him?’ He is such a good player. After getting the captaincy, I think he was under pressure mentally. From the opening he went to No. 4. The team was being taken from outside. He is just taking everything. He looked suffocating. He should have been given freedom. He is on the radar and of course it could have been a little better.” Sportskeeda Cricket When asked to pick the ‘most shocking moment’ of IPL 2022.
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Earlier, former India spinner Piyush Chawla felt that the leadership role affected Mayank’s batting, adding that “captaincy is not for everyone”. Agarwal replaced KL Rahul as the captain of Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2022. After scoring 441 runs at an average of 40.09 in IPL 2021, the opener could not repeat the success.
“The way they performed (last year), they (Punjab Kings) showed a lot of faith in him, retained him too but he could not live up to it. I don’t think he has much prior experience of captaincy. with domestic cricket or India ‘A’ and he was visible here. The pressure of captaincy is different and it was clearly visible in his batting also how he looked a little edgy on the field. Captaincy every Not for anyone and it clearly showed here,” Piyush Chawla said during an interaction on ESPNcricinfo.
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