Former India player Aakash Chopra has praised Josh Inglis for playing a match-winning knock in the Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) match against the Mumbai Indians (MI). He added that Josh Inglis wasn’t getting a place in the playing XI at the start of the tournament and used the opportunity once he started batting at No. 3. Inglis smashed 73 runs off 42 deliveries as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Josh Inglis is interesting because at the start, he wasn’t able to make his place in the XI. I thought they would make him open at some stage, but they didn’t do that. They were going with Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, and either Lockie Ferguson or Azmatullah Omarzai.”
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“Josh Inglis wasn’t getting that many opportunities. Then he started getting chances, and after that, Shreyas Iyer said that he wants to go at No. 4, so he (Inglis) could go at No. 3, and that changed everything, the way he hit Mayank Yadav in Dharamsala, and played small cameos after that. The way he played in this match, I have seen someone playing like this for the first time in my life. He is very upright against pace, and suddenly crouches while playing spin. He also keeps his hands low. He comes under the ball. So the lack of bounce doesn’t trouble him at all,” Chopra again shared.
However, Aakash Chopra also praised Priyansh Arya for playing a steady knock against MI.
“Priyansh Arya, you can see glimpses of innocence. He said that he plays on instinct, just sees the ball and plays it, and doesn’t plan much. He is brilliant. If you see his wagon wheel, that’s the most beautiful wagon wheel. He scored 36 percent runs towards cover and 26 or 28 percent runs towards fine leg,” he said.
“You first bowl full to an opener and try to get the ball to swing. He hit drives through cover off the front and back foot. Then you come into the body, bowl length or short balls. He plays the pick-up and pull shots well. This is incredible. After that, where would you bowl? How will you stop him?” Chopra concluded.
