Nehal Wadhera revealed the biggest inspiration behind PBKS’s historic victory vs. KKR

Punjab Kings Batter Nehal Wadhera appreciated the head coach Ricky Ponting and captain Shreyas Iyer for the team’s historic victory against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2025 match on Tuesday. Playing in Mulanpur, PBK defended the lowest clan in the history of IPL and claimed his fourth win in six matches. PBK bowled KKR for just 95 and defended a target of 112 as spinner Yuzvendra Chahal roared and took four wickets. After the historic victory, Wadera revealed the chat that had Ponting’s chat with the team during an innings break.

To bat first, PBKs faced their worst dreams as their batting lineup succumbed against KKR’s bowling attack. His batsmen literally struggled to cross the 100 -run mark and exit for 111. Wadera revealed that during the innings break, Ponting did not show any disappointment towards the batsmen and inspired the bowlers to improve.

“I have never heard a negative word from my mouth. When your coach is of such a character and the way he inspires everyone, even when we leave for 111, he said,” Okay, our bowlers need to work today. I really need some fierce mantra today. ” You know, automatically when the players hear such things from our coach, the confidence automatically increases, “said Wadera at the post -match press conference.

“I think it is actually shown in the field and I think it is all due to his purulent talks and Shreyas Iyer. The way he just charges everyone, I think he is one of the best captains I have ever played. He is really great what he does with the bat and the way he is the captain. The way he is. He is really great, he said.”

Wadera also said that the team was always confident of defending the score and also appreciated Yuzvendra Chahal for his match winning magic.

“We were never less confident. We knew that our bowlers were very capable of doing well here and the way Chahal, Arshdeep, Marco Jenson and (Xavier) Bartlett were playing their first game, the way they performed, the way they performed were really commendable. So I think all the credit goes to the bowlers today.

“You can see with your data today, taking four important wickets and despite the left handlers, he got Rinku, who was really an important wicket for us. I think the way he used his speed while bowling, mixing slow balls and I feel that he has a feeling that he added to a bowler.