Ashwin spoke to journalist Vimal Kumar on his YouTube channel and compared Punjab’s variance with the stability of successful teams like the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. While MI and CSK have five IPL titles each, PBKS have none. <\/span><\/p>\n“Let me ask you a question. KKR, CSK, and MI, the three teams that have won the highest number of trophies-3, 5, and 5-out of the 19 seasons, they have won 13 trophies in total. SRH has won two (Deccan Chargers and SRH). Take it as 15. Have these teams ever changed their home venue?” Ashwin said in the video.<\/p>\n
“Look, we can say from the outside that Punjab aren’t doing well, but because I have personally been there, I know it is wrong. We won five matches in Mohali, then we changed venues and got knocked out of the tournament,” he added.<\/p>\n
Ashwin had served as captain of the Punjab Kings in both 2018 and 2019, but the team did not qualify in the top four in either year.<\/p>\n
“It will take them time to adapt” – Ashwin<\/h2>\n
After their unbeaten start to the season, the Punjab Kings find themselves in a situation where they will need to win both their remaining matches in order to keep their qualification hopes up.<\/p>\n
Not just that, Punjab will also need some help from other results if they want to make it into the last four.<\/p>\n
Ashwin said that failure to adapt to the new home venue was the main problem for the Punjab Kings.<\/p>\n
“So, I am saying that, sure, Punjab have suffered consecutive defeats, but they are not playing in Mullanpur; they are playing in Dharamsala, where the wicket is not that good to bat first on. The ball stays a little low in the first half, so it will take time for them to adapt.”<\/p>\n
“Their batting order is scoring 30-40 runs fewer, or 20 runs fewer, because they have to adapt. We can all say that Punjab are struggling and have suffered five consecutive defeats, or that ‘this is what happens in Punjab’. No, they have played two of those games at a changed home venue,” he said.<\/p>\n