"Shreyas Iyer did not give me a place in the playing 11, then..." After giving victory to Punjab Kings, Nehal Wadhera made serious allegations against the captain

Nehal Wadhera IPL 2025 Punjab Kings: New stars are emerging every day in IPL 2025. This time Nehal Wadhera is in the headlines, who played a stormy innings of 43 runs in the match against Lucknow Super Giants and played an important role in the victory of Punjab Kings (LSG vs PBKS Result). He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Now he has made a big claim about the match against Lucknow.

Last Tuesday, Punjab Kings crushed Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets in their own home at the Ekana Stadium. After the post-match conference, Nehal Wadhera says that before the match started he had no idea that he would be kept in the playing XI. He even told that due to not having any idea of playing, he had brought only one kit with him.

I have no idea... - Nehal Wadhera

Nehal Wadhera said in the post-match conference after Punjab's victory, "I did not know that I was going to play. I brought only one kit with me because I was confident that I would not be in the playing XI. I usually carry 2 kits, one for batting and the other for fielding. I even brought a full-sleeved jersey with me."

Nehal Wadhera said that sometimes luck favors you. He further said, "If I had known earlier that I was going to play, then maybe I would have come under pressure just thinking about it. This was one of those days when my luck was good and I did not know that I was going to play. I had good luck."

Ricky Ponting gave information

Ricky Ponting is the head coach of Punjab Kings in IPL 2025. Nehal Wadhera told that he was informed about playing in the match by head coach Ricky Ponting. He told, "Ricky Ponting came to me and said, 'We bowled first, so you will be in the playing XI.' I was shocked and was thinking, 'How can I be in the playing XI on the basis that we will bowl first. I thought he had made a mistake.'"

When did you believe

Nehal Vadhera told that he felt that he was in the playing XI when the playing XI was announced. He started warming up only after the playing XI was announced. Punjab Kings have registered 2 consecutive wins in IPL 2025 and are currently in second place in the points table. Almost all the players of the team are in great form. Nehal Vadhera was bought by Punjab in the auction for Rs 4.20 crore.