Opening batter Shikhar Dhawan struck his second fifty of the season to energy Punjab Kings to 187 for 4 of their Indian Premier League match in opposition to Chennai Super Kings right here on Monday.
The 36-year-old left-handed batter anchored the Punjab innings with an excellent 88 not out and mixed with Sri Lankan Bhanuka Rajapaksa (42) for a 110-run stand for the second wicket from 11.3 overs after captain Mayank Agarwal’s early dismissal.
Dhawan hit 9 fours and two sixes in his 59-ball superlative unbeaten knock. He went previous his earlier highest rating this season — 70 in opposition to Mumbai Indians in Pune.
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Dhawan bought an in a position ally in Rajapaksa who made 42 from 32 balls with the assistance of two fours and as many sixes because the duo pissed off the CSK bowlers for a protracted stretch within the innings.
Englishman Liam Livingstone, who was purchased for Rs 11.5 crore within the IPL public sale, performed a bit of cameo of 19 runs off seven balls with the assistance of a 4 and two sixes in direction of the tip to swell the Punjab whole.
Punjab made a gradual begin after being despatched in to bat and their captain Agarwal’s struggles this season continued as he was out within the sixth over for 18 off 21 balls. They reached 37 for 1 after powerplay overs.
Dhawan and Rajapaksa saved the scoreboard ticking with singles and doubles although with out too many boundaries. The duo took Punjab to 72 for 1 on the midway mark.
The benefit for Punjab was that they misplaced only one wicket within the first half of their innings and so they capitalised on that later within the back-end.
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They added 64 runs within the closing 5 overs.
Rajapaksa was out within the 18th over off Dwayne Bravo (2/42) who additionally scalped the wicket of Livingstone within the closing over.
Jonny Bairstow was run out for six within the closing ball of the innings.
Maheesh Theekshana was the opposite wicket-taker for CSK.
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