IPL 2020 | Vijay Shankar should be picked if fit as he has the confidence to express himself, reckons Sanjay Manjrekar

Although Hyderabad won the match against Bangalore quite convincingly, they had few hiccups at the end, which were straightened out by Kane Williamson with his match-winning fifty, winning the match for his team by 6 wickets. After Shreevats Goswami got out early, they kept losing regular wickets but were finally saved by the partnership of Williamson and Jason Holder. Their chase showed the weakness in the middle order of Hyderabad, which emerged after they lost Vijay Shankar to injury, who scored 52* and 26 in his last two innings. 

“Priyam Garg had a perfect opportunity. It was perfect for him, the required rate just being above 7. It was a great opportunity for the young batsman to make a mark and he squandered that away.”

“I’ll be tempted to make another change that I have been trying to make the whole of the IPL season, it’s been two months where I have been wanting to have Kane Williamson bat ahead of Manish Pandey. The last eliminator that we saw had Kane Williamson come in early. I think they would have got there to the target in a little more relaxed manner. So, William at 3, Pandey at 4 have little more experience than someone like Abhishek Sharma and Priyam Garg. If Vijay Shankar is fit, he comes in there, then the batting looks really good with Jason Holder at 6,” he said.