Punjab Kings batter Nehal Wadhera praised Yuzvendra Chahal's match-winning effort with the ball against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025. Chahal turned the match around with a brilliant bowling session, capturing four key wickets to help PBKS defeat KKK by 16 runs.
00:00Good evening, we have Nehan Videra with us. Please go ahead.
00:04Hi Nehan, this is Aditya from beyond and first of all congratulations on what was a massive massive win and no one expected.
00:12So my first question is going into the break, did you ever thought that you had all the tools in the Arsenal to win the game despite defending that 111 run total?
00:21Yes definitely, we never were short of confidence, we knew that our ballers were very capable of doing well here
00:28and the way Yusvinder Chahal, Ashdeep, Marko Janssen, Barlett playing his first game, the way they performed was really commendable
00:35so I think all credit goes to the ballers today, even if the batters didn't have a great day with the bat
00:41I think they really compensated the game and really, you know, snatched the game from the KKR.
00:47Nihal, a word on Yusvinder Chahal, the way that he is from the game, you tell the game on his head as well.
00:53So how influential he was in the team's media today?
00:57Yes, I mean, you could just see from his stats today, picking up the four crucial wickets and despite, you know, with the left-handers being there,
01:06like he got Rinku out there which was a really crucial wicket for us and I think the way he used his pace today, bowling, you know,
01:14wide slower balls and also mixing his pace, so I think this is what, you know, experience does to a baller and he showed us all today
01:23and I think he's totally, you know, he won us the game from, I mean, it was really an inviting match and I think the way he performed was really, really commendable.
01:33I don't exactly know that this is the totally, you know, the call of captain and coach, but it's, you know, it's a cricket is a game.
01:53Sometime, you know, we score well sometimes, you usually collapse, I mean, it does happen in some times, so it was one of those days where we collapsed,
02:03but we had that never give up attitude within the field and I think the way the ballers showed up as I spoke earlier,
02:10I think that was the main reason we could win the game today.
02:13A little bit, he was!
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02:43Look sir, T20 is such a game that no one can perform every day, 11 to 11, so many days you say that Maxwell didn't perform, so if you look at the last match, he made 30-35 not out, and in T20 is such a game where 30-35 not out is in a tough situation with 50-60 run, so I think you can't say that he didn't do good, and if you talk about Maxwell, he is our match winner,
03:10and he has, like Kamal's balling today, so all-round performance is coming, and I am sure that in the upcoming game, we are going to play a big match winner.
03:40We are here to have questions.
03:47What all the team talk, when you went into the dressing room, you have, you have rolled out for 111, Ricky Ponding, what did he say? There should be some inspiring words in the dressing room that time.
04:04No, I mean, like the way I told before, I have never ever heard a negative word coming out of, from his mouth, and I think, you know, if when your coach is, you know, of such a, such a character, such a, you know, the way he inspires everyone, and even when we got out, all out for 113, 114, so, he just said that, okay, today our ballers need to get the job done, I need some really fiery spells today, and, you know, automatically when players listen to such,
04:32such things from our coaches, and the confidence automatically, you know, it just boosts up, and I think it really showed up in the field, and I think it's all because of his, you know, pep talks, and also Shreya Sayer, you know, the way he just charges up everyone is really, really, you know, I think he's one of the finest captains I've ever played under, and he's really great with what he does, with the bat, and the way he captains, and I think,
05:02the way he's leading the team is really great.
05:05That's the final one, tell us about that celebration, when the last wicket call, and you all were going, hugging each other, and there was a joint, the chair, and all, you know, explain that explanation, that was before we had the very best.
05:17Yes, I think, you know, you, since the time, the impact player rule has come up, so, I don't think we have ever seen such a close game, with such low targets,
05:26so, I think this was one of those games, which, you know, every, every, you know, player, every, each spectator wants to see, and I think this was one of those games, where, you know, it actually happened,
05:38you know, they could not, they were not able to chase 113, 114, and I think, the way our spirits were shown today, it was really great, and I think that was the only reason, we just,
05:48the never give up attitude, just showed today, and we all ended up, you know, celebrating, and just running around.
