Certain players are widely known for their consistent performances, and they come to the rescue for their teams when everyone fails to deliver. Such a figure is the Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper, Shikhar Dhawan, who showed composure yet again on Sunday when others kept losing wickets in regular intervals around him against SRH.
Despite receiving little support from his teammates, Shikhar Dhawan kept Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the hunt against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) with a captain’s knock of 66-ball 99 not out in Match 12 of IPL 2023 on Sunday. Coming to open, Dhawan smashed 12 fours and five maximums and took his side to close on 143/9.
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They were 88/9 at one point until an unbroken 55-run partnership between Dhawan and Mohit Rathee, who remained not out on 1 off 2 balls, helped them to post a respectable total. Since the beginning, PBKS began to lose wickets, starting with Prabhsimran Singh’s departure off the opening ball.
Matthew Short and Jitesh Sharma did not chip in with anything substantial either, while Sam Curran, coming at No. 5, steadied the ship with a decent knock of 22 runs off 15 balls. But then the rampant SRH attack, consisting of Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, and Mayank Markande, wreaked havoc to reduce PBKS to 78/8.
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Yet, SRH failed to dismiss Shikhar Dhawan, and his efforts were highly appreciated by his teammates, as well as the netizens across social media. Not to forget, Dhawan is the second-highest all-time run-getter in IPL, having tallied 6469 runs in 209 innings. Only Virat Kohli (6727 runs in 225 matches) has scored more than him.
Here is the video of the captain’s knock from Shikhar Dhawan:
Netizens applauded Shikhar Dhawan for being the lone warrior.
Dhawan previously in ipl was always overshadowed by other batters
In mi – sachin era, was a new player
In srh-warner
In dc-shaw, iyer, pant didn't even got vice captain positionFinally in pbks he is getting the recognition he deserves because pbks has a shit batting lineup
— Aryan kruger | (@Aryanexists) April 9, 2023
Pure ex players srh kai gand mare hamare😭😭😭 from last year
Rashid khan
Dhawan
Warner
Vijay shankar etc..😂😭😭— Syed Rayan (@syedrayansiuuu) April 9, 2023
people keep saying kl, gill have talent etc but nothing can beat the hardwork of shikhar dhawan
— Devansh🎭 (@Nexusofjoy) April 9, 2023
What a knock by Captain shikhar dhawan 💥💥#SRHvPBKS pic.twitter.com/K0m0sFp4fg
— shivayy ojha (@ShivamO33696481) April 9, 2023
https://twitter.com/riaaxvii/status/1645094105976918025?s=20
Shikhar Dhawan >>>>>> Ishan kishan, Hooda, Tripathi, Samson and many other so called power hitters #IPL2023
— Vivek (@proudpahadii) April 9, 2023
Dhawan for WORLD CUP ♥️
— ♭ℓѦηк. (@Anbu_Ajith_) April 9, 2023
PETITION TO HAVE SHIKHAR DHAWAN IN INDIAN TEAM
— Laksh Patni (@lakshpatnii) April 9, 2023
Lone Warrior Shikhar Dhawan.🔥⚔️#SRHvPBKS #IPL2023
— Ambareesh Bandaru (@AmbareeshB2) April 9, 2023
