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Five months back, in the mini-auction in Dubai for the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL), there was a bit of confusion around the selection of Shashank Singh..
It was a case of mistaken identity that Punjab Kings incurred during the accelerated phase of the auction over two players having the same name, and the franchise was eager to offload Shashank from their list when they realised it..
On Thursday night, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, PBKS' purchase came good as Shashank smashed an unbeaten 61 off just 29 balls to single-handedly guide the visitors to a historic chase of 200 against Gujarat Titans..
However, impact player, Ashutosh Sharma, made a real impact with his 17-ball 31 and played the perfect foil to Shashank, who smashed six boundaries and four maximums en route to his maiden IPL fifty..
Shashank was absolutely ecstatic about guiding his team to a win as he burst into a bat-pointing celebration at the PBKS dugout while a tensed Zinta jumped from her seat, joining the jollification..
