"Wanted To Show Aggression...": Punjab Kings' Arshdeep Singh On His Death Stare To Anukul Roy

Pacer Arshdeep Singh once again proved his worth after his spell helped Punjab Kings defeat Kolkata Knight Riders, in their campaign opener of IPL 2023 on Saturday. Playing in Mohali, PBKS posted a whopping total of 191/5 in 20 overs after being asked to bat first. Later, KKR were batting at 146/7 in 16 overs when the remainder of the match got called off due to heavy rain and PBKS were declared as winners by 7 runs (DLS method). Out of the seven wickets that fell for KKR, three were scalped by Arshdeep, which included the likes of Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, and Venkatesh Iyer. However, the 23-year-old pacer not only made headlines for his exceptional bowling but also for the strange send-off, which he gave to Roy after dismissing him.

In the 2nd over of KKR's chase, Arshdeep bowled a short delivery to Roy, to which the batter played a shot but failed to time it correctly. Resulting which, the ball landed safely into the hands of Sikandar Raza at the mid-wicket and Roy had to depart for 4. As Roy was making his way back to the dugout, Arshdeep was seen giving a death stare to the KKR batter.

After the match, Arshdeep opened up on his reaction and told Star Sports, "He (Anukul Roy) was my batch mate in under-19 cricket. He started to hit me straightaway so I wanted to show aggression. He was also showing aggression so my aggression also came out a bit. Players are expecting that I will bowl yorkers so I tried to surprise them a bit by bowling bouncers."

"There was some rain around so the wicket had become skiddy, so I was using making use of the conditions on offer. I am enjoying myself and the atmosphere in the dressing room is very good. Going ahead, we will try to keep enjoying and keep winning games for our side," he