Indian Premier League 2020: Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets as Shikhar Dhawan’s second consecutive century, goes in vain
Shikhar Dhawan’s majestic second consecutive century went in useless as Kings XI Punjab defeated Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets on Tuesday (October 20) on the Dubai International Stadium.
Shikhar Dhawan turned the primary participant in IPL historical past to attain again to again tons along with his unbelievable knock of 106 (off 61 balls; 4×12, 6×3).
Winning the toss and opting to bat first, Dhawan’s century powered the Delhi Capitals to a aggressive 164/5. The southpaw, who had scored 101* towards CSK in his final recreation, regarded in magnificent contact proper from the onset – utilising the powerplay to hit the bowlers excessive after which taking part in alongside the bottom within the center overs with out taking any pointless danger.
While Dhawan saved scoring from one finish, no different batsmen might emulate him from the opposite. Prithvi Shaw’s dismal run with the bat continued as he was dismissed only for 7.
Shreyas Iyer and each Rishabh Pant flattered to deceive and fell cheaply at the same time as Dhawan took all bowlers to the cleaners from the opposite finish.
On a troublesome sluggish monitor at Dubai, Dhawan took on the Kings XI spinners, castling them throughout the desert along with his slog sweeps being the spotlight of the day. In the center of his innings, he additionally turned the fifth batsman in IPL historical past to achieve the 5000-run mark.
He reached his century within the penultimate over with a single towards Arshdeep Singh. Dhawan carried his bat and virtually single-handedly powered his aspect to 164/5.
Chasing the full, Orange Cap holder KL Rahul fell early to Axar Patel to present the benefit to the Capitals. Chris Gayle (29 off 13 balls) then hammered Tushar Deshpande for 26 runs in his opening over earlier than being bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin.
In the identical over, Mayank Agarwal was run-out after a horrible mix-up with Nicholas Pooran left him stranded in the course of the pitch and he couldn’t get again in time. Agarwal additionally injured himself within the course of and hobbled off the sphere.
After the 2 fast wickets fell within the sixth over, Pooran and Glenn Maxwell joined forces on the crease, stitching a fast 69-run stand for the fourth wicket.
Pooran scored a rapid-fire fifty (53 off 28 balls; 4×6, 6×3) and launched a tremendous counter-attack for Kings XI after that they had misplaced each Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal in the identical over.
What Pooran did effectively was to make sure that KXIP saved scoring the boundaries and he by no means for as soon as, let the run-rate drop.
He focused the inexperienced Deshpande, scoring 15 runs towards him after which racked-up 14 runs from the one over bowled by Marcus Stoinis.
Rabada eliminated each Pooran and Maxwell however it was too late. With simply 17 wanted from the final 4 overs, Deepak Hooda and Jimmy Neesham took their aspect to an emphatic victory with an over to spare.
Kings XI Punjab have thus overwhelmed the highest three groups within the factors desk in three consecutive matches and have now leapfrogged to the fifth place within the factors desk.
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