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Shikhar Dhawan in action for Punjab Kings during IPL 2023© BCCI
Shikhar Dhawan is on the cusp of making history in the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) and on Saturday, after scoring over fifty points against the Lucknow Super Giants, he will pass Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma on the elite list. The Punjab Kings skipper has been in the tournament for 49 half a century and could become the first Indian batter ever to score 50 points in the IPL. While Kohli is still 47 half-centuries, Rohit is only 42. Dhawan is enjoying amazing form in IPL 2023 so far with two fifties in three matches and will be responsible for making sure PBKS gets off to a good start.
After a blistering start to the new season with two wins, the Kings of Punjab under Dhawan suffered two losses in a row due to their failure to put up a good performance on the board.
If skipper Shikhar Dhawan was left to carry the team on his shoulders against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the day he failed, the other batters could only get 153 of 8 against the Gujarat Titans, mostly due to Shah Rukh Khan’s nine balls. .
The main reason for PBKS’ disappointing result was that they failed to increase their mid-overs score between 10 and 15. They ended up playing 56 points and that’s an area the team will have to improve.
“We didn’t put a lot of runs on the board. We must fix this in the future. If you see the number of point balls, if the team plays 56 balls, you end up losing the game,” Dhawan said after the loss. .
With 40, 86 no-outs and 99 no-outs in the first three innings, Dhawan remains by far the top scoring player, but the fickleness of other batters is a concern.
(with PTI inputs)
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