Punjab Kings (PBKS) participated in the recent Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) auction with the highest wallet value of INR 110.5 crore and was also the highest spender, splashing out a total of INR 110.15 crores.

Despite this, the PBKS management has received criticism for not having formed an optimal team. His biggest chink in the armor is a lack of experience at the top of the batting order.

Echoing the same line, former Indian cricketer-turned-analyst Aakash Chopra highlighted that PBKS’s opening combination could become a pressing concern for the franchise in IPL 2025. He noted that PBKS has two Indian openers without limits on Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya.

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Notably, PBKS had retained Prabhsimran for INR 4 crore, while they spent INR 3.8 crore to buy Arya in the recent mega auction in Jeddah.

In a video on his YouTube channel, Chopra said: “Let’s start with the openers. They retained Prabhsimran Singh and bought Priyansh Arya very dearly. He’s a good kid, he hits clean sixes and his stock has risen dramatically, but he’s a no-holds-barred Indian. Its shares have risen internally. Nobody knows what he will do in the IPL.”

“If both openers remain uncapped Indians, I will be a little surprised that if you got two uncapped openers despite having ₹110 crore, did you buy right? “It is a dangerous situation,” he added.

However, despite the lack of experience, both players have strong credentials. Prabhsimran scored 334 runs at a strike rate of 156.80 in 14 innings in IPL 2024, while Arya was the top run-scorer and hit six sixes in an over in the Delhi Premier League.

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