Tuesday , December 24 2024

I was in depression for a few months: IPL's new star player accuses coach – News India Live

IPL 2024, Ashutosh Sharma: Madhya Pradesh's talented player Ashutosh Sharma performed brilliantly in his IPL debut match. Playing for Punjab Kings XI, Ashutosh led his team to victory by scoring 31 runs in 17 balls against Gujarat Titans. Ashutosh said that once I went into depression after being out of the team. When despite performing well, I was dropped from the Madhya Pradesh team.

I was in depression: Ashutosh Sharma

Ashutosh said in an interview that, in my last match in 2019, I had scored 84 runs in T20 for Madhya Pradesh. Then a coach came who didn't like me. Even in the trial session, I scored 90 runs on 40-45 balls but was not selected for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Because of this I was going into depression. Then I played under 23 and scored more than 200 runs in 4 matches.

I didn't even get a chance to see the field: Ashutosh Sharma

Ashutosh further said that this is the time of Corona epidemic. At that time only 20 people could go to play. Because of this I used to stay in hotels. I remained depressed for 1 to 2 months. I didn't even get a chance to see the field. I would just go to the gym and come back to my room. The coach Ashutosh is talking about is KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit. Ashutosh has got very little opportunity to play under his coaching.

The match was played between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With the help of Shubman Gill's explosive inning of 89 runs, Gujarat Titans scored 199 runs. In reply, Punjab team lost 5 wickets for 111 runs. Then Shashank Singh took charge. He led Punjab Kings to victory by scoring 61 runs in 29 balls. In this match, Ashutosh Sharma played a brilliant inning of 31 runs in 17 balls.