Shashank Singh makes bold claim for Punjab Kings after they confirmed a top-two finish at IPL 2025 yesterday.
“Finishing in top two is half-job done. The full job will be done on the 3rd of June, I guess. When late at night, at 12 o’clock, we will have a press conference. That will be the time I’ll tell you that ‘yes, we are at the top of the world’.”
You can accomplish amazing things if you believe in your ability. Take a look at Punjab Kings (PBKS), who, if Shashank Singh is to be believed, finished in the top two of the IPL 2025 points table thanks to a surge of confidence (of course, there were other reasons at play). And now, Shashank is able to express those things above because of that same belief.
Given that they are among the three teams from the original group of eight that have yet to win a championship, it may seem as though he and PBKS have gone ahead of themselves, but that is untrue. It all comes down to self-belief and having faith in the culture that Ricky Ponting and Shreyas Iyer’s company has established around the players.
“It feels surreal, to be very honest. It feels really good, really satisfying,” Shashank said at the press conference after PBKS beat Mumbai Indians (MI) on Monday night to make sure they will play Qualifier 1 and get an extra shot at qualifying for the final should they need it. “The best thing is [that] we manifested as a team – as a team, not individually me, but as a team. When the auctions were done, we had a group on WhatsApp and we had conversations. So we manifested that this year we will win the title. Our first aim was to finish in the top two and obviously we have passed that hurdle.
“But manifesting is one thing, believing is [another]. So we worked hard. The credit goes to the management, the support staff, literally every single individual. Not only players and coaching staff, but everyone who is associated with us. We had four-five camps before the IPL, and you can see the results. We are in top two, and it’s not easy in a league like IPL to finish in top two.”