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Mumbai: Mumbai Indians unilaterally defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in a match of IPL 2025. Ashwani Kumar was the hero of his victory. He took 4 wickets. However, very few people will know that he was a net bowler for the Punjab Kings team last season. Punjab had a chance to test Ashwani’s talent and connect the team, but the team missed. The interesting thing is that not only Ashwani, but there are other names that were net bowler for Punjab, but later shone in other teams. On the other hand, Punjab Kings (PBKS) is still waiting to win the first trophy. Mumbai Indians left -handed fast bowler Ashwani Kumar, who specializes in finding talent, made headlines in IPL 2025. He performed brilliantly on his debut against Kolkata Knight Riders. Ashwani Kumar became the first Indian to take four wickets on his IPL debut. He took the wickets of Andre Russell, Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane and Rinku Singh.

Ashwani Kumar was a net bowler for Punjab last season
Ashwani Kumar was a net bowler for Punjab Kings last season. Kumar also went to Ahmedabad with the team. There he had practiced players at Narendra Modi Stadium. PBKS did not sign him in the IPL 2025 auction even after seeing Kumar’s talent closely. Mumbai Indians signed him at auction. He won the Player of the Match award in his first IPL match.

Flawed Farooqui was also lost
Similarly, Afghanistan’s left -arm fast bowler Fazalhak Farooqui is also in this list. The scouting team of Punjab Kings included Farooqui as a net bowler in 2020. He was then a U-19 level player. Farooqui started as a net bowler with Punjab Kings. He later moved to Sunrisers Hyderabad. He was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad. This left -arm fast bowlers have now moved to Rajasthan Royals. He has played 8 IPL matches. He has dismissed big names like Jose Butler, Shikhar Dhawan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Johnny Bairstow and Rahul Tewatia.

Yash Thakur could not stop even, improved mistake after two seasons
Yash Thakur is also in this list. According to Sportskida, he was a net bowler with Punjab Kings during the time of Covid. Thakur is now back to PBKS. In 2023, he moved to Lucknow Super Giants. There he established himself as a top star. The fast bowler took 5 wickets against the Gujarat Titans in 2024. This helped them to make a place in the LSG team for that season. However, LSG did not retain him for IPL 2025. Punjab did not miss the golden opportunity to bring them back.