{"id":291408,"date":"2025-04-27T05:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T05:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/punjab-team-will-not-be-able-to-win-the-ipl-this-season-former-player-predicts-after-foreigners-preferred-over-indians-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T05:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T05:18:29","slug":"punjab-team-will-not-be-able-to-win-the-ipl-this-season-former-player-predicts-after-foreigners-preferred-over-indians-cricket-news-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/punjab-team-will-not-be-able-to-win-the-ipl-this-season-former-player-predicts-after-foreigners-preferred-over-indians-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Punjab team will not be able to win the IPL this season&#8217;: Former player predicts after foreigners preferred over Indians | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-120660039,imgsize-303686,width-400,resizemode-4\/Glenn-Maxwell.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;Punjab team will not be able to win the IPL this season&#8217;: Former player predicts after foreigners preferred over Indians | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India\" title=\"&#8216;Punjab team will not be able to win the IPL this season&#8217;: Former player predicts after foreigners preferred over Indians | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Punjab Kings' Glenn Maxwell warms up before an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match against Kolkata Knight Riders. (PTI)\">Punjab Kings&#8217; Glenn Maxwell warms up before an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match against Kolkata Knight Riders. (PTI)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former India cricketer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manoj-tiwary\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Manoj Tiwary<\/a> has predicted that <!-- -->Punjab Kings<!-- --> will not win their maiden <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a> trophy in 2025, criticising head coach Ricky Ponting&#8217;s decision to favour foreign players over in-form Indian batters during their rain-affected match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Saturday.<br \/>Punjab Kings currently sit fourth in the IPL 2025 standings after nine matches, with five wins and three losses, plus one no-result from Saturday&#8217;s game against KKR.<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@toisports\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a><br \/>Tiwary&#8217;s criticism stems from Ponting&#8217;s batting order choices following Prabhsimran Singh&#8217;s dismissal for 83 off 49 balls in the 15th over. Instead of sending in <!-- -->Nehal Wadhera<!-- -->, who has proven successful at number four for both Punjab and Mumbai Indians, Ponting opted for <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/glenn-maxwell\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Glenn Maxwell<\/a>, who continued his poor form with just seven runs from eight balls.<br \/>The decision to send Marco Jansen and Josh Inglis ahead of established finisher <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shashank-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shashank Singh<\/a> in the final 20 balls, when Punjab was targeting a 200-plus total, further drew Tiwary&#8217;s disapproval.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>PBKS in IPL 2025: Punjab Kings seek first title under new leadership<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;My gut feeling says that Punjab team will not be able to win the #IPL trophy this season because what I saw today when they were batting was, the coach didn&#8217;t send Indian inform batters Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh, instead he trusted his foreign players to deliver, but they couldn&#8217;t and clearly showed lack of confidence in Indian players down the order. If he persists in this way, then the title is far from them irrespective of their qualification in the top two,&#8221; Tiwary shared on social media.<br \/>The 2025 IPL season has seen unexpected teams emerge as title contenders at the halfway mark, with Punjab Kings among those surprising many despite pre-season predictions favouring other teams.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab Kings have maintained their position in the top four of the points table after sharing a point with defending champions KKR in the rain-affected match.<br \/>Looking ahead, the Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings face Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on April 30, followed by a home game against Lucknow Super Giants in Dharamsala on May 4.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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