Punjab Kings (PBKS) & Delhi batter Priyansh Arya, who is currently playing the ongoing season of Delhi Premier League (DPL 2025) season for Outer Delhi Warriors, is one of the players to watch out for in this season also. The southpaw, who shot into the limelight due to his heroics in last year's DPL season, translated the same form in his debut Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) season for PBKS. Asked to pick his ideal batters, the youngster picked Virat Kohli & Suryakumar Yadav as his role models in whom he will build his batting.
Along with the Indian superstars, Priyansh also named Rohit Sharma in certain criteria to build his T20I batting. While he wants Kohli's temperament, the southpaw wants Surya's inventiveness.
While speaking to an NDTV reporter on the KnuckleballNDTV Channel, the PBKS opener wants Kohli's technique as well as his champion mindset. For his offside game, Priyansh went with Rohit Sharma. For 360-degree stroke play and inventiveness, the 23-year-old went with Surya. Here is a look at the opener's ideal batters in various categories, as told by him.
- Power-hitting - Yuvraj Singh
- Technique - Virat Kohli
- Temperament - Virat Kohli
- Offside Game - Rohit Sharma
- Leg side Game - VVS Laxman
- Innovation - Suryakumar Yadav
Priyansh Arya aims to replicate T20 form in Ranji Cricket
While Priyansh has taken T20 cricket by storm with his fearless batting, the 23-year-old is hungry to replicate the same success in the upcoming Ranji Season for Delhi. Like all youngsters, the southpaw's dream is to play Test cricket for India. The upcoming Ranji season will give the youngster a chance to do well and stake a claim in the Indian Test Team.
"After DPL, I will start preparation for red-ball cricket. Last year as well, I spoke about that I want to play that form of cricket," Arya told PTI videos on the sidelines of Outer Delhi Warriors jersey launch event in New Delhi.
"I keep discussing with all the coaches what things I can add to my game to better it and keep working on them." "But Sanjay Bhardwaj, sir, is the only one I talk to; he is the one who guides me on what and where I lack, and advises me to work on the same," said the young southpaw.
