We watched this movie called '14 Peaks' and we have 14 Games – Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Punjab Kings beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening game in style. The main architects of the win were Bhanuka Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka and Shikhar Dhawan of India. Both scored 43 and turned the game on its head. Speaking after the post-match presentation, he praised the whole team for a collective win.

“What we thought was that we’d just have a free hit. Shikhar wanted me to be aggressive although I had just come out to the middle. I knew how Hasaranga bowls. It was about knowing him and playing him for the last 4-5 years now. I bought my local knowledge and it worked. This win is a huge confidence booster. We watched this movie called ’14 Peaks’ and we have 14 games. Every game is a batter’s game. The credit should go to the bowlers to restrict them to 200. But in the middle-overs we gave away around 130 runs in the last 8-9 overs, ” said Rajapaksa.