“Opening with Shikhar Dhawan would be wonderful,” says PBKS skipper Mayank Agarwal

Agarwal expressed his excitement to open the batting with Shikhar Dhawan prior to the commencement of the competition. In the IPL 2022, he also named young Raj Angad Bawa as a player to watch.

Mayank Agarwal was recently chosen captain of the Punjab Kings (PBKS) team for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 edition, and he expressed his excitement at the prospect of opening the innings with Shikhar Dhawan.

Agarwal, a member of the Indian Test team, was one of two players retained by Punjab Kings ahead of the major auction earlier this month, with teenage pacer Arshdeep Singh. Mayank Agarwal has been named skipper after being retained for a whooping 12 crore.

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Since 2018, the opening batter has been one of the important member of the IPL franchise named Punjab Kings. He has also previously served as the club’s vice-captain and led the team for a brief while last season.

Punjab kings which is placed in group B in the 15th edition of Indian Premier League Along with  Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and Gujarat Titans on their side.

“There are a lot of players in the Punjab team I am really excited about. Opening with Shikhar (Dhawan), or actually having an opportunity to play with Shikhar would be fantastic.

“We have picked Raj Bawa, he is going to be really exciting and I am looking forward to playing with him. Not just these two names, I am looking forward to playing with everybody,” said Agarwal in a video posted by The Quint on their YouTube channel.