The 2023 edition of the IPL kicks off later today with a blockbuster clash between holders Gujarat Titans and four-time champions CSK. Ahead of the start of the new season, former India pacer RP Singh, has made an interesting revelation from the season which was played in South Africa.

RP Singh recalled on Jio Cinema –

“We thought that Harmeet had variations, he bowled good. He had limited skills but gave his 100 percent on the ground, and that was important. We were winning so everyone thought it unwise to tinker with the winning combination. But even then, a few of us believed that we could try something different.”

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“Few of us believed that we could try something different’, RP Singh recalled Recalls Bizarre IPL Selection

Deccan Chargers, who finished last during the inaugural season in 2008, went on to lift the title the following season, under the captaincy of Adam Gilchrist. RP Singh revealed that Gilchrist had chosen right-arm pacer Harmeet Singh Bansal in the final squad as he believed that he is the team’s lucky.

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RP Singh added –

“When we talked to the captain and coach about it, they straightaway refused saying, ‘he’s important for the XI’. And why was he important? ‘because he was lucky for us’… Gilchrist told me that! And I was like, ‘this is also a criteria for selection!’.”