Fans Slam Punjab Kings For Not Celebrating Shashank Singh's Half-Century Milestone: After the auction for the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League in December 2023, Punjab Kings faced embarrassment when they reportedly selected the wrong player due to confusion over the name. They were unable to rectify the mistake as the auctioneer had already finalized the sale. For the unversed, during the IPL 2024 auction, Punjab Kings accidentally purchased the wrong Shashank Singh for Rs 20 lakh. Instead of the 19-year-old batter they intended to sign, they ended up with a 32-year-old player from Chhattisgarh. However, in a surprising turn of events, this unintended purchase proved beneficial as the older Shashank Singh showcased his batting skills and helped Punjab Kings secure a 3-wicket victory against Gujarat Titans in a match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Shashank delivered an outstanding performance, scoring an unbeaten 61 runs from 29 balls, including six boundaries and four sixes. His remarkable innings helped guide PBKS to victory with one ball to spare. Ashutosh Sharma also played a crucial role, contributing 31 runs off 17 balls, and together they shared a partnership of 43 runs off just 22 balls, boosting PBKS' chances of winning, which they eventually achieved.

For all of you who said Shashank Singh was a mistake from Punjab Kings to buy him at the auction! This one is for you 🙏🙏🙏#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #JazbaHaiPunjabi #TATAIPL2024 #GTvPBKS pic.twitter.com/cp37lCOXEH

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 4, 2024

Despite Punjab Kings later explaining that they had intentionally targeted the uncapped batting all-rounder, who had gone unsold in the previous year's auction after being released by Sunrisers Hyderabad, some remained unconvinced and questioned their explanation.

Fans Slam Punjab Kings For Not Celebrating Shashank Singh's Half-Century Milestone

On Thursday, Shashank Singh's brilliant innings made all the difference for Punjab Kings. However, fans on social media were left disappointed after Shashank's half-century was not celebrated at the Punjab Kings' dug-out. Yes, you read that right. Neither Shashank, who smashed his first-ever half-century in the Indian Premier League, nor his teammates celebrated the milestone. Watch the video:

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— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 5, 2024

Here's how fans reacted to it:

no one appreciate Shashank singh half century yesterday not even his own teammates and they didn't even clapped they just watched. seeing this it just brock my heart #GTvsPBKS #ShashankSingh

— Aditya Soni (@imAdsoni) April 5, 2024

Even Shikhar Dhawan didn't showed any expression after the Win. pic.twitter.com/98vMARkdj9

— IPL Scoop (@Ipl_scoop) April 5, 2024

Glti se liya tha toh sharm aa ri hai clapping mein.

— Kunal Yadav (@Kunal_KLR) April 5, 2024

Jaaaaa tu franchise for a reason. The man who was by mistakenly brought by this team he literally took over them to a huge victory of a chase in 200 runs no one is even applauding him for his 50.

Thats why they dont have trophies. They themselves are literally confused — Rakshit Shah - DUNKI (@rshah2611) April 5, 2024

They didn’t celebrated because they wanted him to finish the match for him… otherwise this knock would have been faded in years to come if he hadn’t won it from here…. Some milestones are more sweeter when team wins 🙏

— Gaurav Singh (@loggerheads36) April 5, 2024

shashank didn't celebrate his half century because he wanted to win the match for his team. I can understand. But how the hell the support staff and the rest of the players sitting silently. That's Absurd.

— Wickets Hitting (@offpacedelivery) April 5, 2024