In today’s second match in IPL 2021, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 wickets. In Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, Punjab scored 194 runs while batting first, in response to which Shikhar Dhawan’s brilliant innings of 92 runs helped Delhi win by 6 wickets in the 19th over. Delhi has the second win from 3 matches this season and the team has come in second place with 4 points. At the same time, Punjab has the second defeat in 3 matches and the team is in seventh place due to poor net run rate.
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Mayank-Rahul laid the foundation of a big score
While batting first, the Punjab Kings made a tremendous start with the help of the century partnership of Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul. Mayank 69 and Rahul scored 61 runs. although. In the last over, the Delhi Capitals made some comeback and held Punjab to a score of 195/4.
Dhawan misses out on a century, but Delhi win
Shikhar Dhawan (92) and Prithvi Shaw (32) also made a great start for Delhi. After Shaw’s dismissal, Shikhar Dhawan alone washed out the Punjab bowlers. Dhawan scored his second fifty but missed out on a century. The Punjab bowlers could not recover from Dhawan’s attack and Delhi achieved the target in the 19th over.
IPL’s New ‘Chase Master’ Shikhar Dhawan
With this, Dhawan took a big record in IPL history. This was Dhawan’s 18th time in his IPL career when he scored 50 or more in the chase and the team successfully achieved the target. Dhawan equaled Kolkata Knight Riders and former Delhi captain Gautam Gambhir in the case.
Gambhir also did so 18 times, but takes Dhawan forward with his average, which is much higher than Gambhir’s. Shikhar Dhawan averages 63.51 in these innings, while Gambhir has a 49.70. After these two, the number three Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner (17 innings 68.18 average).
Mayank and Rahul hit three sixes in Rabada’s second over
This was the 11th of Punjab’s innings and second over of Kagiso Rabada; On the very first ball, Mayank Agarwal gave a strong six in the long-off area. After this, the second ball also went for six runs. On the third ball, Mayank left the responsibility of completing the unfinished work with a single on KL Rahul. On the fourth ball of the over, Rahul played a hook shot and hit Rabada for the third six of the over. No runs were scored on the fifth ball while Rahul took a single on the last ball. In this way, this over of Rabada was very expensive, in which 20 runs came from over.
In IPL-13, Kagiso Rabada said… Everything is like a luxury gel
Kagiso Rabada captured the Purple Cap with the highest number of 30 wickets in the tournament in the 13th season of the IPL played in the UAE. He had told his BioSecure bubble experience like a prison. Then Rabada said, it is very difficult. You can not chat. You get lost in your own freedom. It’s almost like a prison full of amenities (luxury prison), but we have to remind ourselves that we are lucky. People have lost their jobs, people are struggling right now, so we should be thankful for the opportunity given to us to make some money and do what we do.
Aasaan se kaich ko bana diya mushkil
Deepak Hooda of Punjab Kings also caught a catch during the match which made everyone laugh. This catch was of Rishabh Pant. Although the catch was easy but Hooda failed to catch it properly. Deepak made the ball as if it was an airplane which sometimes took off and sometimes started to land. Due to this, after four tries, the ball came right into his hand. After catching the ball, Deepak Hooda started laughing on his own and kept lying on the ground for a few moments. At the same time, even the commentators could not stop laughing after seeing Hooda taking a catch like this.