Most Fifty In IPL – Shikhar Dhawan equals Virat Kohli’s special record, only the third player to do so in IPL

New Delhi: Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan put on a stellar performance in the second match of the 2023 Indian Premier League against Rajasthan Royals. He scored an important half-century for the team, leaving behind the disappointment of the first match. Dhawan played a strong inning of 86 not out in 56 balls, hitting 9 fours and three sixes. His innings helped PBKS reach a mammoth score of 197/4 in 20 overs. He won the match by 5 runs. With his half-century in Guwahati, Dhawan achieved a major milestone in the IPL. Prior to this match only two batsmen had registered fifty or more 50+ scores in IPL history. Dhawan has also registered his name in this elite list. He became the third batsman after David Warner (60) and Virat Kohli (50) to score 50 or more fifties.

Dhawan made a slow start to his innings against the Royals. Scored only 14 runs in 13 balls in the powerplay. During this, however, Prabhsimran Singh did aggressive batting. After Prabhasimran and Bhanuka Rajapaksa were ruled out due to injury (he was hit by a shot from Dhawan), the PBKS captain changed gears. He targeted the balls of spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (1/50) extensively.

Dhawan brought up his half-century in 36 balls, followed by 36 runs in the next 20 balls. Punjab, who defeated Kolkata in the first match, defeated runner-up Rajasthan Royals by 5 runs in a thrilling match. In response to Punjab’s 197 runs, Rajasthan’s team could reach 192 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Nathan Ellis took the most 4 wickets for Punjab, while two wickets were in the name of Arshdeep.

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