How ‘Geddy’ chat with elder brother Anmolpreet Singh gave a reality check to Punjab Kings opener Prabasimran Singh. Cricket news

The word “gedi” is a colloquial Punjabi word for “Chakkar” (round/travel). Earlier this year in March, when Punjab kings Call your players to gather Malanpur stadiumAnmolpreet Singh decided to leave his younger brother Prabhasimran Singh In the camp. Putting the kit of Prabhasimran in his SUV, he carelessly said: “Chal Main Tenu Mulanpur Chhad Aau (leave me at Mullanpur Stadium).” The distance between Patiala and Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) new stadium is 80 km. During that two -hour drive, Anmolpreet Gave Prabhasimran A “reality check.”
The 27-year-old Anmolpreet told Timesofindia.com from Patiala, “I gave him my example. The opportunities I have ruined and how I have fallen into a Peking order. I reminded him that he is 24 years old, and it will be his make-or-break season.”
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Most of the “Gedis” in Punjab are known for blurred numbers through the sound systems of the post-market, but all Prabhasimran heard for Mullanpur during the drive that was the words of knowledge from his brother.
“I said that this season to score two hundreds, and everything will be taken care of. I specifically told him that if he wants to play for India, he would have to score at least two centuries this season,”
He said, “The conversation was a bit harsh. I could not tell you the words you used by me, but it was the most with the lines of starting the most. The 20 and 30s would not take them anywhere,” he said.
Currently cut and Prabhasimran have batted with a very mature head and scored a back-to-back half-century for the first time in their IPL career. After a string of the 30s, the combative right -handed batsman fought, but then knocked his best against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.
He was scoring 34 runs in 32 balls at one point, but rotated his innings around as the next 49 runs came out of 17 balls, and 22 from 22 came to Sunil Narin. He followed it on Wednesday with another great knock in Chepack against Chennai Super Kings.
“His hitting was never an issue. It was his cameo. He needed to play more balls, and even if he slowly bats in the beginning, he had the ability to trip the scoring rate later. We saw that he needed to give prizes on his wicket and play long innings during KKR match.”
While Prabhasimran is yet to be hit in a century this season, the young man has made three fifty-plus totals, and for the first time in six years with Punjab outfits, he has found continuity. Swashbuckling opener has scored 346 runs in 10 matches, with a strike rate of 165.55.
Puncture effect
During IPL 2020, Sachin Tendulkar first posted a video on X on Twitter, praising Prabasimron Singh’s batting. Tendulkar posted, “Prabhasimran is one to see. His backlift and bat swing free-flowing. When the ball hits his bat, this sound is quite surprising.”
His batting has also influenced not only Sachin but also Ricky Ponting, head coach of the current Punjab Kings, which also wanted to bring him to the capitals of Delhi.
Ponting made a plan for Prabasimran, where the young man was specifically asked to build an approach against the bowlers and to create a approach for match simulation in the open net instead of regular sessions.
“I understood where Ricky was coming from. Earlier, he blindly does not matter who was the bowler. If you see his innings this season, he has a plan against all the bowlers. He smoked Sunil Narin for 22 runs.
For open net sessions, Prabhasimran along with his elder brother went to the Cricket Hub Academy in Patiala and couple trained for hours under the attentive eyes of couple Sandhu.
Kamal said, “The focus on match simulation was more. He has always been good against pacers; Ricky’s advice was to improve his batting against spinners.”
He said, “He can tear a world-class bowler, but at the same time, the box-dobli can leave for the bowlers,” he said.

Brothers used to practice for three hours in the afternoon. Most of the days, he was with Sardar Satwinder Singh, Anmolpreet’s father and uncle with Prabasimran.
Satvinder Singh, a former captain of the Indian handball team, has trained his two sons – Anmolpreet and Tejpreet – and their younger brother’s son, Prabhasimran for the last two decades.
“My father is our coach, and he is still invested in all three of us,” Anmolpreet said.

The elder brother also shared an interesting story how Prabhasimran approached Ponting before the season and requested him to donate gloves to him.
“He prefers to keep. In the last season, he used to raise a lot because he had to field in outfield. He is a natural protector, and he is continuously doing so in this season, and has enhanced his confidence with the bat,” said Anmolpreet.
After 10 Games, Punjab Kings are currently placed second on the points table. They are chasing a playoff spot for the first time in 10 years, and Prabhasimran is chasing the goal that the brother determined during the “Geddy”.