With five overs remaining in their chase of 214 against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday, PBKS made a rare tactical call. Atharva Taide, who had scored 55 off 42 balls, went off the field, becoming only the second player in IPL history to retire out.

Speaking to Cricbuzz, Virender Sehwag said –

“I would have retired him earlier in the game. If he’d have scored 70 off 42 balls, Punjab would have won the game. I would have asked him to retire earlier or to fake an injury and retire hurt instead of retired out, as Krunal Pandya did for LSG.”

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Sehwag added – “If you’ve retired hurt, you can come back to bat if needed, but you cannot return if you’re retired out. If instead of retiring after facing 42 deliveries, he would have retired after 36 balls, someone else could have scored probably 15 runs in those 6 deliveries.”

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Virender Sehwag further said –

“Punjab miscalculated it a little. Every batter wants to score as many runs as possible in the least amount of deliveries. But if you’re not in the groove, it should not hurt your ego to retire in order to help your team, you will get the chance to show what you’re capable of in some other game down the line.”