Ashwin spoke to journalist Vimal Kumar on his YouTube channel and compared Punjab’s consistency with successful teams like Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. While MI and CSK have five IPL titles each, PBKS do not have one. <\/span><\/p>\n“Let me ask you a question. KKR, CSK and MI, the three teams who have won the most trophies\u20143, 5 and 5\u2014out of 19 seasons, have won 13 trophies in total. SRH have won two (Deccan Chargers and SRH). Take that as 15. Have these teams ever changed their home venue?” Ashwin said in the video.<\/p>\n
“Look, we can say from outside that Punjab is not performing well, but because I have been there personally, I know it is wrong. We won five matches in Mohali, then we changed the venue and were knocked out of the tournament,” he said.<\/p>\n
Ashwin served as the captain of Punjab Kings in both 2018 and 2019, but the team failed to qualify in the top four in either year.<\/p>\n
“He will take time to adapt” – Ashwin<\/h2>\n
After their unbeaten start to the season, Punjab Kings find themselves in a position where they need to win both their remaining matches to keep their qualification hopes alive.<\/p>\n
Not only this, if Punjab has to make it to the last four then it will need help from other results also.<\/p>\n
Ashwin said that failure to adapt to the new home venue was the main problem for Punjab Kings.<\/p>\n
“So, I am saying that, of course, Punjab have suffered consecutive defeats, but they are not playing in Mullanpur; they are playing in Dharamshala, where the wicket is not that good to bat first. The ball is a bit low in the first half, so they will take time to adapt.”<\/p>\n
He said, “Their batting line-up is scoring 30-40 runs less, or 20 runs less, because they have to adapt. We can all say that Punjab is struggling and have suffered five consecutive defeats, or ‘this is what happens in Punjab’. No, they have played two of these matches on a changed home ground.”<\/p>\n