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Kolkata, April 5: Vijaykumar Vyshak’s stock is rising in the Indian Premier League and to remain relevant in a highly scrutinised environment, the Punjab Kings pacer wants to consistently hit 150 kmph mark besides adding to his variations.
With five wickets in two games, Vyshak has already been more productive than the four wickets in five games he managed last season. He began his IPL journey with RCB in 2023 before moving to Punjab Kings.The 29-year-old from Karnataka has impressed with his wide yorkers and slow bouncers this season. In the previous game against CSK in Chennai, he removed the in-form Ayush Mhatre and Sarfaraz Khan to limit the opposition at 209 for five, a total his team chased down comfortably.
Punjab Kings have been using Vyshak in all three phase of the game and the pacer is relishing the challenge.With so much video analysis around, he feels there is no other way to succeed other than by constantly improving on his craft.“I’m not as fast as people are bowling now. People are bowling 154, 155. I’m someone who can bowl 140, 143, 144. But yeah, for me, I think I love challenges. So it doesn’t matter where I bowl.“It doesn’t matter if you have to bowl three overs in the powerplay or four overs in the death overs. As long as I am contributing to the team,” said Vyshak. (PTI)
