PBKS vs RCB: Punjab Kings Haven't Won A Title Yet, So It's All About Belief At The Start – Odean Smith After Winning Player Of The Match Award In Their IPL 2022 Opener
Published - 28 Mar 2022, 02:44 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:06 AM
Odean Smith won the Player of the Match award in the third match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 that was played between Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mayank Agarwal-led Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai on Sunday, March 27.
Winning the toss, Punjab Kings invited Royal Challengers Bangalore to bat first and the PBKS bowlers delivered a good performance in the initial half of the match. However, in the second half of the match Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik batted brilliantly and helped RCB score 205 runs.
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Chasing the target, Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal provided Punjab Kings with an amazing start and in the end, Shahrukh Khan and Odean Smith batted brilliantly and finished off the match in style to help PBKS win by 5 wickets.
It was all about belief – Odean Smith
During the post-match presentation, Player of the Match Odean Smith, who smashed 25 runs off eight balls, said that it was all about the belief that they have to finish on a high after a good start.
Smith, who consumed 52 runs in his 4 overs quota, admitted that he bowled poor in the match and he needs to work on that aspect of the game but he was happy with his batting performance.
Odean Smith also revealed that the Punjab Kings players have watched the motivational movie 14 peaks ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 and this was their first peak. He elaborated:
“We were stressing about having a good start. It was all about the belief that once we had a good start we had the power in the back end. I didn’t go so well with the bowling, have a few stuff to work on.”
“But from batting, it was good since I helped my team to get home. It was all about execution. My execution wasn’t on point with the ball, that’s why it went haywire. Punjab Kings haven’t won a title yet, so it’s all about belief at the start of the competition. We watched a motivational movie – 14 peaks. This was the first peak, 13 more to go.”
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