When Ricky Ponting took over as a coach Pandjáb Kings, one of the things that excelled from his first few words after taking over the role, was simple. He expressed two words that rang on all platforms and scientists. It was a “Punjab project”.
Now we have seen many teams to implement long -term planning projects. And to be honest, the pandjab was not a party that had done it in previous years. In 18 seasons they had a total of 17 captains, including Shreyas Iyer and many coaches also came and left. But for the first time you may feel that the pajab is on something big.
They invested money in a big team with first -class talents, nothing but their captain Shreyas. The man who was bought for an incredible 26.75 Crores returned him by his launch, captain and intention. Support for young talents by franchise and ponting was treatment.
In the end The name IPL 2025 was not theirs. However, this does not mean that the Punjab project is a failure. But he has to make some small improvements to the team that approaches to be champions.
A handling pressure in the middle
If you look at where the pandjab lost the IPL 2025 finals on RCB, everything is about how the dough could not get the dynamics of Shreyas and Josh Inglis. And that was something that happened several times. In his analysis on Cricbuzza, Viender Sehwag said that the pandjab must learn how to handle this pressure of the falling goal, and in the finals they could not.
“Scores like 24, 26, 39, 15, 15 started, but no one took it. If someone transferred it to 60-70 runs, they would win a match. What Shashank did later – if he did it sooner, it would not slow down in the middle.”
“Pressure comes when the goals fall. That’s the biggest pressure. Then your hands start shaking -” What if I go to the shot and get out? “Therefore, they couldn’t go as if Nihal Wadher ran 15 balls – if he won 26 of these 18 balls, and those who didn’t get.
“That was probably their first finals; they had no experience. It was the first time they were in such a situation. To achieve this phase in the league game under pressure is one thing, but face this situation in the final is quite different.
So this is an area they will have to focus on. Although they have several big hitters, someone with flexibility and skill to get a 400-run season could be what the pandjab will need next season.
Finding a bowling leader
In addition to the Arshdeep Singha, who had 21 goals, there were no other pibs pibs that were in the TOP 10. This is a problem when you are going to win the title. Even for Arshdeep, it is still learning trade and gaining experience when it comes to conducting an IPL attack.
Yuzvendra Chahal also had a hot and cold season, and the pandjab lacked the leader, especially when Marco Jansen left for his international duty. They will need a Pacer or Spinner to come, who can lift the pitch and leave them with their goals.
Josh Hazlewood did it professionally with RCB because the rest allowed reaping rewards for the pressure he created. So someone from the same form is what PBK will need
Avoid the second season syndrome
Like players, teams also face the second season syndrome in IPL. Kkr and SRH were the finalist last year and in 2025 they were not close to being in play -offs. Panjab also knows this, because after reaching the finals in 2014 they went to dry run for 11 years.
For this reason, the pandjab must be guilty of remaining stagnating and not developing. This season they introduced an approach with a high intention, but the next acceptance for IPL will need some temperament and improvement.
Perhaps a little more maturity of their unlimited openers and middle order can help them in the future. Given that Project Punjab is definitely a great start. Now it is mainly about consistency and to be regular in play -offs and finals.
As Shreyas said after the game, the goal is to get a trophy next season. To happen, the pandjab will have to improve his side, with a few small improvements.
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Published:
Rishabh beniwal
Published on:
June 4, 2025
