One of Indian Premier League’s USPs is to give lesser-known cricketers a chance to shine in the limelight. This season, we have seen the rise of Lucknow Super Giants’ Mayank Yadav and Kolkata Knight Riders’ Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
On April 4, it was the turn of two more uncapped Indians in Punjab Kings’ Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma to enthrall audiences as they starred in the stupendous last-over win over Gujarat Titans.
What made their performances more noteworthy were their long years of toil. Shashank debuted for Mumbai way back in 2015 but moved to Pondicherry, and eventually to Chhattisgarh — state of his birth — in search of game time.
