Prabhsimran Singh lit up Dharamsala with a stunning 91 off 48 balls against Lucknow Super Giants, and his knock reminded Matthew Hayden of a young MS Dhoni from 2010. “He has got great power. Back in 2010, there was a young MS Dhoni who was launching balls in the last over of the day. Prabhsimran has got similar sort of attributes. He has wonderful bat speed, a solid base. He is not that tall, so he can really manoeuvre the ball into the gaps, and he is fearless,” Hayden said on Star Sports at the mid-innings break. Hayden referenced Dhoni’s iconic 54* against Kings XI Punjab in 2010, a match where Dhoni finished things off with 16 runs in the final over against Irfan Pathan. According to Hayden, Prabhsimran showed the same fearlessness while dismantling LSG’s bowlers. “You can see by the way he took on the deliveries against LSG. He was in complete control. He has forced the bowlers to make mistakes,” Hayden added. Prabhsimran’s knock included 6 fours and 7 sixes, as he and Shashank Singh guided PBKS to 236/5. While Shashank Singh smashed an unbeaten 33 runs from 15 balls, Shreyas Iyer also contributed with a 25-ball 45. Also READ: IPL 2025: Key batter ruled out, SRH announces replacement player “When you’ve scored 30–35, you have to convert”: Prabhsimran IPL 2025 is shaping up to be Prabhsimran Singh’s best IPL season yet. The Punjab Kings opener has crossed the 400-run mark and is delivering on the promise that many had seen in him during his early years. The biggest difference, according to the batter, is the mindset. “I started well, I had a lot of confidence from my last innings. I got a chance early on and I was able to capitalise. There’s no strategy as such, I’m playing the ball on its merit,” Prabhsimran said at the end of the innings. Unlike other seasons, where he often got out after scoring 20-30 runs, Prabhsimran Singh admitted that he is now thinking about long innings. Also READ: Virat Kohli’s message to Yash Dayal after his IPL heartbreak He credited the team environment and batting group for supporting the idea of one of the top three batting deep. “When you get set, when you have already scored 30–35, you need to convert it into something big. It’s good that at times Shreyas is doing it, at times I’m doing it, and at times, Priyansh is doing it. I want to thank the management as well for backing me,” he explained. Meanwhile, after their win over LSG, PBKS have climbed to the second spot in the points table. Prabhsimran Singh, who is currently the leading run-scorer for PBKS with 437 runs, will be the key in the remaining matches as well.