Ricky Ponting offers ‘terrible news’ to PBKS star Marcus Stoinis just before the KKR match. The player looks shattered

Punjab Kings made a strange change to play their play for the IPL 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Shreyas Iyer -led side dropped Marcus Stoinis. So far, all -rounder Stoinis has 59 runs in five matches, while he is still a wicket in IPL 2025. PBKS vs. KKR just before the match, Visual told coach Ponting to Stoinis. Former Zimbabwe Cricketer Pomi Mabangwa, who was in the commentary box, said: “He must have deliberately considered the team. It seems that this decision was taken to the ground here. Stoinis has his gloves and bats. He is just getting bad news. It is difficult to leave anyone.” It is difficult. ,

Despite full fitness, Stoinis tickled after being a bench – coach Ponting’s call
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Former New Zealand player Simon Dol was also surprised. “Is he injured? Was Shreyas Iyer said anything about Stoinus being injured? If he is not injured, it’s amazing. What he found in the rear end in the previous game, Stoinis? He broke something 30, was he at the back end?”

“As long as they are not thinking, I mean how many leftists are there in the Kolkata lineup? Maxwell de Coke can play a role with Narin, Venkatesh Iyer in the middle order and Rinku on 6 or 7. Maybe they think Maxwell has to play a role.

He said, “I did not think it was bad. But you know, they are terrible numbers. And a very interesting to keep it purely as a bowling option in the team,” he said.

PBKS won the toss and selected the first batting against Kolkata Knight Riders at IPL 2025 Clash at Maharaja Yadvindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The domestic side made two changes as both Josh England and Australia Better Xavier Bartlets were handed over his tournament debut. “We are going to bat first. It seems that the wicket is really well for the last few matches, comes in dew, but not skid through outfield. Don’t remember the team’s changes, I will tell later. We need to take many catches in fielding and make some kind of glow,” Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Ier said.

Defending Champion made a change in his game 11, in which Enrich Nortze replaced Moen Ali.

“We were looking at this wicket to bowl first. For me, the toss is something you cannot control. We have a batting that can chase the target. Just a change. Nortze comes for Moini Ali. He is working hard on his game and I am really keen to bowl him tonight.”

Play xis

Punjab Kings: Priyash Arya, Prabhasimran Singh (W), Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Josh England, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jensen, Zewear Bartlet, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra sixal.

Effect option: Manish Pandey, Angkarish Raghuvanshi, Rowman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Coke (W), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rampandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakravarthi.

Effect option: Vijaykumar Vyashak, Suryash Shej, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey.