IPS father Shashank Singh's dream was that his son became a cricketer and now he is the new superstar in IPL 2024

Shashank Singh has become not a star but a superstar in IPL 2024. Shashank is continuously performing brilliantly for Punjab Kings. Shashank was bought by Punjab for IPL 2024 in the mini auction for a price of Rs 20 lakh.

Do you know that Shashank Singh's father is an IPS officer. It was his father who had dreamed of making Shashank a cricketer. You might also be wondering that even after being an IPS, the father dreamed of making his son Shashank a cricketer.

Shashank himself had revealed that his father wanted him to pursue cricket. In an interview given to 'Dainik Bhaskar', Shashank had said, “Papa's dream was that I should become a cricketer.”

Shashank further said, “In childhood, father himself used to practice bowling. He taught me to play cricket by making a turf pitch at home.”

Shashank is continuously showing amazing performance with the bat in the current season of IPL. Chasing the target of 262 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 42nd match of the tournament, Shashank played an inning of 68* runs in 28 balls, in which he hit 2 fours and 8 sixes.

He has become a finisher for Punjab. Earlier, Shashank had played a brilliant innings and scored 61 runs against Gujarat. Apart from this, he scored 46 runs against Hyderabad and 41 runs against Mumbai due to his brilliant innings.