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Punjab Kings (PBKS) bought 32-year-old Shashank Singh for a base price of Rs 20 lakh in the IPL 2024 auction on Tuesday. But after Shashank was hired, PBKS co-owners Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia seemed a bit confused. It seemed that the one they wanted to buy had been replaced by another player. The video of this incident is also going viral on social media. Many questioned and criticized the strategy of PBKS.
However, PBKS broke their silence on the matter of buying the alleged ‘wrong’ player on Wednesday. The franchise clarified that Shashank, whom it added, was on the target list but there was confusion due to the two players having the same names. PBKS wrote on social media platform ‘X’, “Punjab Kings would like to clarify that Shashank Singh was always on our target list. There was confusion due to having two players with the same name. We are very happy to have Shashank on board.
There were two players named Shashank Singh in the IPL 2024 auction. 32-year-old Shashank is a batting all-rounder. He made his IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in 2022. He scored 69 runs in 10 matches. It was not sold in the IPL 2023 auction. At the same time, 19-year-old Shashank is yet to make his debut in first-class cricket. Let us tell you that Punjab bought a total of 8 players in the auction and completed their team. Punjab picked up players like Chris Woakes, Harshal Patel and Riley Rossouw.
Punjab Kings Complete Squad for IPL 2024: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Tyde, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kawerappa, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thiagarajan, Prince Chaudhary and Rivley. , Shivam Singh, Matthew Short, Prabhasimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Harshal Patel, Chris Vokes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh.