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Shikhar Dhawan Reaches The New Summit In IPL

Shikhar Dhawan reaches the new summit in IPL, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Suresh Raina left behind together. Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan played brilliant innings for his team in the 30th match of IPL against Kings XI Punjab.

Shikhar’s innings came out when two batsmen of the team were dismissed for just 10 runs. Opener Prithvi Shaw was dismissed without opening the account while Ajinkya Rahane came in at number three and scored just two runs and lost his wicket.

Shikhar then handled the innings with captain Shreyas Iyer and strengthened the team’s position by sharing 85 runs for the third wicket.

However, when Shikhar Dhawan scored 53 runs, he was caught by Karthik Tyagi off Shreyas Gopal. He scored these scores with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes facing 43 balls.

His strike rate was 123.26. This was Shikhar Dhawan’s 39th half-century in this league.

Now in IPL, Indian batsmen have become the batsmen who have scored the most fifties. They left behind Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Suresh Raina together. All three have 38–38 half-centuries in IPL so far.

Top four Indian players who have scored the most fifties in IPL-

Shikhar Dhawan – 39 *

Virat Kohli – 38

Rohit Sharma – 38

Suresh Raina – 38

Shikhar Dhawan is second in the IPL against Rajasthan Royals for scoring the highest score of 50 plus.

He has done this amazing 6 times against this team, while AB de Villiers has done it 7 times and he is in the first place. Suresh Raina, Shaun Marsh, and KL Rahul have done this four or four times.

Batsmen who scored more than 50 times against Rajasthan in IPL

AB de Villiers – 7

Shikhar Dhawan – 6

Suresh Raina – 4

Shaun Marsh – 4

KL Rahul – 4

Apart from Shikhar Dhawan, captain Shreyas Iyer also played a brilliant inning for the team and contributed 53 runs in this match.

He scored these runs with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes in 43 balls. He was caught by Kartik Tyagi at the hands of Jofra Archer. On the basis of these two innings, Delhi scored 161 for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

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