RR vs PBKS: Shikhar Dhawan equals Virat Kohli’s big record. Dhawan (Shikhar Dhawan) made a record (IPL Record) in the match against Rajasthan Royals.
The Cases of scoring maximum fifty plus runs in IPL:-
He equaled Virat Kohli in terms of scoring the most fifty-plus runs in IPL by scoring a half-century.
Also read:- RR vs DC: Rajasthan Royals Star Opener Jos Buttler Got Stitches in His Finger
Apart from these two, no other batsman has been able to do this in IPL.
Electing to bat after losing the toss, Punjab Kings got off to a great start. Even before the fifth over, opener batsman Prabhsimran Singh and Shikhar Dhawan made the team fifty.
After this Prabhsimran completed his half-century, he was playing fast and Dhawan was careful.
But after the dismissal of Prabhasimran, Dhawan also changed his gears. Shikhar Dhawan completed his half-century off 36 balls.
Dhawan made a record, equaled Virat Kohli:-
Shikhar Dhawan played an inning of more than fifty runs for the 50th time in the history of IPL. Only Virat Kohli is before him.
Who did this 50 times. Both are now jointly in the first place in terms of playing innings of more than fifty runs 50 times.
Dhawan and Prabhsimran played half-century innings:-
Punjab Kings have scored 197 runs while batting first. For a while, it seemed that Punjab would make it up to 220, but in the last overs, Rajasthan Royals bowled well.
Read more:- Deepak Chahar: Coming back from a string of big injuries in 2022 is tough work
Shikhar Dhawan played an inning of 86 not out. Earlier, Prabhsimran Singh scored 60 runs. Jason Holder took 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Ashwin and Chahal took 1-1 wickets.