Dhoni fan wants to be the captain of Punjab Kings. (Photo: PTI)
Ahead of the mega auction of IPL 2025, the Punjab Kings team surprised everyone with their decision. The team owner Preity Zinta had retained only 2 uncapped players. One such name is Shashank Singh, whose luck shined ahead of IPL 2025. Last season, no one bid for him and he remained unsold. After this, Preity Zinta included him in the team by paying 20 lakhs, after which he played many brilliant innings for the Punjab Kings. Preity Zinta once again expressed her confidence in Shashank and increased his salary 27.5 times to Rs 5.5 million. Now he has expressed his desire to become captain.
He asked for captaincy through gestures
Shashank Singh calls himself a big admirer of Dhoni. Like him, he bats in the middle order and also played some explosive innings for Punjab in the last season. He also expressed his desire to play for Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings team, but this time Punjab signed him. Now he expressed his desire to be a captain like his hero. Shashank recently gave an interview to News18. During this, he asked Preity Zinta for the captaincy through gestures.
Shashank Singh said that he has the skill with which he can lead any team to win the championship. If Punjab Kings want to test him as captain, they will grab this opportunity with both hands and make the most of it. He said that he has also captained the DY Patil T20 tournament for 5 years and has done a good job so far. We tell you that players like Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik have played under his captaincy.
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The parents were in tension.
Shashank Singh also spoke about his retention during the interview. He said that this time his parents were very worried because the last time no one had bid for him. But when the news of the retention was received, the entire family breathed a sigh of relief. Shashank Singh said that along with money, retention is very important. He said that it is very important to retain before the mega auction. I have seen players who made a lot of money at the auction but disappeared the following year.
