: IPL 2021: No decision on using Malan or Gayle as openers yet, says stand-in Punjab captain Agarwal #IndiaNEWS Punjab Kings’ stand-in captain Mayank Agarwal says they have not yet discussed if explosive

IPL 2021: No decision on using Malan or Gayle as openers yet, says stand-in Punjab captain Agarwal #IndiaNEWS
Punjab Kings’ stand-in captain Mayank Agarwal says they have not yet discussed if explosive Chris Gayle or Dawid Malan would open the innings alongside him in the absence of KL Rahul, who needs surgery to treat acute appendicitis.Regular skipper Rahul is doubtful to rejoin the league anytime soon even as his team is expecting him to return to action within a week or 10 days after going under the knife in a Mumbai hospital.Since the IPL is being held in a bio-secure bubble, there is a quarantine period that Rahul may have to serve if he does not get an exemption. It may rule him out of the entire tournament, that will conclude on May 30.“That’s something (Gayle or Malan) we have to speak about but for the moment this is the strategy that we went with and we got a decent score. May be probably 10 runs short,??? said Agarwal at the post-match press conference after losing to Delhi Capitals on Sunday night.Agarwal hit a majestic unbeaten 99 but his opening partner Prabhsimran Singh contributed only 15.Gayle (13) and Malan (26) batted at number three and four respectively as Punjab lost the match by seven wickets after making 166 for six.Agarwal was again non-committal when...Read more

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