It was the show of Shikhar Dhawan as the left-hand batsman smashed yet another century in IPL 2020 becomes the first batsman to Smash back to back hundreds in the history of IPL. Shikhar Dhawan was the anchor of the Delhi innings as the team scored 164 and Shikhar Dhawan smashed 108 runs as well as stayed unbeaten in the innings. However, the century of the sensational left-hand batsman goes in vain as Kings XI Punjab beat very comfortably. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals.
Shreyas Iyer who is the captain of Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat first and the team started with the shock, as the opening batsman Prithvi Shaw once again went back to the pavilion very cheaply and none of the Delhi batsmen gave good support to the Shikhar Dhawan.
But the left-hand batsman of Delhi played an amazing inning throughout the game. Shikhar Dhawan scored 108 runs and stayed unbeaten in the innings and he scored back to back hundreds which is the historical performance in the IPL tournament as none of the batsman did something like this. Moreover, the match in the empty stadium of Dubai was unforgettable for Shikhar Dhawan as he becomes fifth player to score 5000 runs in the IPL tournament after Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, and Rohit Sharma. Having said that, the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner is the only overseas player to score 5000 runs in the IPL tournament.
Apart from Shikhar Dhawan, none of the batsmen could able to find out the momentum and the team was only able to score 164 runs on the board after 20 overs.
In reply, Kings XI Punjab also didn’t had a good start as the opening batsman Mayank Agarwal went back to the pavilion by adding just 5 runs on the board, the captain and the most dependable player of Kings XI Punjab line-up Rahul also went back to the pavilion by scoring 15.
Then it was believed that Gayle storm will hit Dubai cricket stadium but he also dismissed after scoring 29 runs. However, Nicholas Pooran who is also from the Caribbean Land played a sensational inning and smashed 53 runs along with Glenn Maxwell who also provided a good contribution in the innings of Kings XI Punjab. The partnership of both the duos helped Kings XI Punjab to register victory over.
With the victory, Punjab keeps its hope alive for the play-off. It is worth to mention that Shikhar Dhawan was the player of the match and he deserves for the fighting innings.
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