IPL 2023: Shikhar Dhawan created history, became the second Indian after Virat Kohli to achieve this feat

Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan achieved a special achievement in this match. He played an unbeaten inning of 86 runs in 56 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes. This was his 48th half-century in IPL. Apart from this, he has also scored two centuries. 

Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli Photo: IPL/BCCI

Shikhar Dhawan gets fifty runs! Following David Warner and Virat Kohli, he is only the third batter to complete a half-century of half-centuries in this format. #PBKSvsRR

— Vipin Tiwari (@vipintiwari952_) April 5, 2023

In the eighth match of IPL 2023, Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by five runs. This win has propelled them to the second spot in the points table. Batting first, Punjab scored 197 runs losing four wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Rajasthan team could only score 192 runs after losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan achieved a special achievement in this match. He played an unbeaten inning of 86 runs in 56 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes. 

This was his 48th half-century in IPL. Apart from this, he has also scored two centuries. Dhawan also registered his 50th 50+ score in IPL. He became the second Indian to do so. Before him, Virat Kohli has also achieved this feat. Virat has 45 half-centuries and five centuries in the IPL. Dhawan is the third player to achieve this position in the overall IPL list. David Warner (59) is on top in terms of most 50+ scores. He has scored 55 half-centuries and four centuries in this league. 

Apart from these three, no batsman has scored more than 50 Fifty plus scores. Dhawan has 6370 runs in 208 matches in the IPL at an average of 35.59 and a strike rate of 126.72. At the same time, Virat is on top in terms of runs. He has scored 6706 runs in 224 matches at an average of 36.64 and a strike rate of 129.51. Warner is third with 5974 runs in 164 matches at a strike rate of 140.23.

What happened in the match?
Talking about the match, while batting first, Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh got Punjab off to a great start. There was a 90-run partnership between the two in 58 balls. Prabhasimran got out after scoring 60 runs in 34 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes. Bhanuka Rajapaksa could score one run, Sikandar Raza one run and Shahrukh Khan could score only 11 runs. Jitesh Sharma played an inning of 27 runs in 16 balls with the help of two fours and a six. Jason Holder took the maximum two wickets from Rajasthan. At the same time, Ashwin and Chahal got one wicket each.

Rajasthan had a poor start in reply to the target of 193 runs. Ashwin landed for the opening with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Yashasvi 11 runs and Ashwin out without opening the account. Jose Butler got out after scoring 19 runs, Devdutt Padikkal 21 runs, Riyan Parag 20 runs. Captain Sanju Samson played an inning of 42 runs in 25 balls. In his innings, he hit five fours and a six. At the same time, in the end, Shimron Hetmyer played an inning of 36 runs in 18 balls with the help of one four and three sixes.

At the same time, Dhruv Jurel played an unbeaten inning of 32 runs in 15 balls. He hit three fours and two sixes. In the last over, Rajasthan needed 16 runs to win, but Sam Karan spent only 10 runs. However, it was not enough to give Rajasthan the victory. Nathan Ellis took four wickets and Arshdeep Singh took two wickets from Punjab.

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