Shikhar Dhawan produced a particular efficiency however fell agonisingly near a well-deserved century through the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 encounter between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. Dhawan held his personal whereas wickets continued to tumble on the opposite finish, and he completed on 99 off 66 deliveries with the assistance of 12 fours and 5 sixes. In the method, Dhawan grew to become the second batter ever in historical past to bat with all his different teammates throughout a single IPL innings. The solely different individual to attain this feat was Parthiv Patel for Chennai Super Kings again in 2019.

This was after spinner Mayank Markande did the star flip with figures of 4 for 15 to depart Punjab Kings reeling at 88 for 9 within the fifteenth over. Dhawan hit 12 fours and 5 sixes.

Even as Punjab Kings misplaced wickets at common intervals, Dhawan confirmed his teammates methods to do it together with his unimaginable knock.

Asked to bat first, Punjab Kings endured a disastrous begin as they misplaced Prabhsimran Singh within the very first ball of the match, trapped in entrance of the wicket by veteran India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

The ball hit him above the knee roll however Prabhsimran determined to stroll again with out asking for a evaluate, leaving Punjab at none for one.

Skipper Shikhar Dhawan performed Bhuvneshwar in the direction of the third man area for the innings first boundary.

However, Dhawan once more watched from the non-striker’s finish as Matthew Short (1) was dismissed lbw by South African left-arm pacer Marco Jansen on the second supply of the match’s second over on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

The ball landed on size and swung in earlier than hitting Short’s pads. Unlike Prabhsimran, Short consulted his skipper earlier than deciding to come back again into the dugout, leaving Punjab Kings in a spot of trouble at 10 for 2 within the second over.

Next ball, and one other swinging supply struck wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma (4) on the pads, and a Jansen’s loud shout for an lbw was upheld by the umpire. DRS was promptly taken and the ball-tracking expertise confirmed it was going effectively down the leg-side, resulting in the choice being overturned and giving some reduction to PBKS.

Dhawan discovered two fours off his Indian workforce colleague Bhuvneshwar, earlier than Jansen returned to ship again Jitesh Sharma, who didn’t clear SRH skipper Aiden Markram at mid-off.

Sam Curran struck a six and a 4 off successive Jansen deliveries however, after having made 22 off 15 balls, the English all-rounder was finished in by leg-spinner Markande, who completed with fantastic figures after the SRH’s seamers good show in the beginning.

But Dhawan had different concepts as he smashed the SRH bowlers to take his workforce to a good whole. Helping Dhawan alongside the best way was Bhuvneshwar, who spilled three possibilities by the batter, together with two off his personal bowling.

(With PTI inputs)