Priyansh Arya enters unwanted list [Source: @iplt20.com]
Punjab Kings batter, Priyansh Arya, who had a terrific start to his Indian Premier League campaign against the Gujarat Titans, however in the clash against the Rajasthan Royals, the dynamic batter failed to put up a single run on the board and was dismissed for a 1-ball duck.
He came in as the Impact Player for Punjab, but couldn't create an impact as Jofra Archer, the tearaway pacer rattled him with a peach of a delivery as his stumps were uprooted. After his disastrous innings, the young batter entered an unwanted IPL list.
Priyansh Arya entered unwanted IPL list
With a first ball dismissal, he entered an embarrassing list comprising of PBKS players who were dismissed on the first ball of an IPL innings. The list comprises of players like his opening partner, Prabhsimran Singh, Virender Sehwag and other superstar players.
Player Name
Opposition
Year
Sunny Sohal
RR
2009
Paul Valthaty
PWI
2012
Virender Sehwag
RR
2015
Hashim Amla
SRH
2017
Martin Guptill
RPS
2017
Prabhsimran Singh
SRH
2023
Priyansh Arya
RR
2025*
He was bamboozled with a ripper as the star against GT was brought down to Earth by the tearaway pacer. He joins the list which already had 6 Punjab Kings players.
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