The Punjab Kings have left Mayank Agarwal, Moises Henriques and Arshdeep Singh out of the team for their IPL 2021 match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Captain KL Rahul declared at the toss that Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar and Riley Meredith would replace the trio versus RCB.
Although the Punjab Kings dropped Arshdeep and Henriques, KL Rahul displayed that Mayank Agarwal was not fit, which was reason why the Punjab Kings team management decision to replace him with Prabhsimran Singh.
“Three changes for us – Moises Henriques and Arshdeep Singh miss out while Mayank Agarwal got hit last game. Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar and Riley Meredith come in,” said KL Rahul at the toss.
PrabhSimran Singh, Harpreet, Riley Meredith Replaces Mayank Agarwal, Moises Henriques and Arshdeep Singh in the PBKS's playing XI in today's match. #IPL2021
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) April 30, 2021
Mayank Agarwal has been an essential part of the Punjab Kings team since 2018. He listed for his maiden IPL ton for them in the United Arab Emirates previous year. He also perform a wonderful knock of 69 runs against the Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021.
Although many expected Chris Gayle to open the innings with KL Rahul tonight, Prabhsimran Singh came out to open with his skipper for the Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium (Motera Stadium).
Punjab Kings have scored 70 runs off the first eight overs in Mayank Agarwal’s absence
Chris Gayle has dismissed on all cylinders in Mayank Agarwal’s absence. Kyle Jamieson fired Prabhsimran Singh earlier, but Gayle then start a counter-attack, hitting Five 4 and 2 sixes.
5⃣0⃣-run stand off 27 balls between KL-Gayle 🔥#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #IPL2021 #PBKSvRCB
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 30, 2021