New Delhi, April 27 -- Former Australian captain and current IPL franchise coach Ricky Ponting has once again come under fire for his strategy of promoting the Australian up the order against in-form Indian cricketers in Saturday's match against Kolkata Knight Riders.

In the crucial encounter, PBKS openers Prabhsimaran Singh (83 off 49 balls) and Priyansh Arya (69 off 35 balls) took their team past the 120-run mark in just under 12 overs. After Priyansh Arya's wicket at the end of the 12th over, Prabhsimran fell in the 15th over.

While Arya was replaced at the crease by Shreyas Iyer, the choice of number 4 batsman for PBKS was puzzling as the out-of-form Glenn Maxwell came to bat instead of Shashank Singh or Nehal Wadhera.

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