Marcus Stoinis revealed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 during the IPL 2025 break when he was in Australia. The match between PBKS and DC is currently underway at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Marcus Stoinis switched on his beast mode against the Delhi Capitals bowlers and absolutely annihilated them in the match. He came to bat at the No.7 spot and played a quickfire innings to power his team to a total of 206/8.
During the mid-innings break, Marcus Stoinis spoke to broadcasters and revealed that he didn't have any net sessions during the IPL break as he had Covid-19. He said:
Marcus Stoinis also took a cheeky dig a the DC bowlers for not bowling a lot of slowers and advised PBKS bowlers to follow that strategy in the second innings. He said:
I am fit to bowl if required - Marcus Stoinis
Stoinis, who is also known as the Hulk, further spoke about the pitch on offer for the game and stated that it was holding a bit. He also declared him fully fit to bowl.
Meanwhile, the score registered by PBKS against DC became the highest innings total in PBKS-DC matches in the Indian Premier League history.
206/8, Jaipur, 2025,
198/8, Dharamsala, 2023
Most 200-plus totals in an IPL edition
7* - GT in 2025
6 - KKR in 2024
6 - RCB in 2024
7 - PBKS in IPL 2025
7 - Warwickshire in T20 Blast 2022
Punjab Kings' overseas players slammed
"To be fair, I think, to be brutally honest, the overseas players for Punjab haven't really turned up. They haven't really performed. And there's two arguments to that. One is that they haven't been able to because of the dominance of the domestic players that we've talked about, which has been brilliant. And on the other hand, you know, you can look at it and just say, well, they're just clearly out of form.
"Probably you can put aside Marco Jansen. You know, he's had a very solid contribution throughout. So they're overseas players. There's been a bit of a rolling sort of opportunity for the various players have come and gone. But they certainly haven't had the impact."
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