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Shikhar Dhawan on Punjab Kings Victory: In the 16th season of IPL, the winning streak of the Punjab Kings team continued in the second match as well when they won the match against Rajasthan Royals by 5 runs. In this match, the Rajasthan team got a target of 198 runs, after which they could only manage to reach the score of 192 at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. On the other hand, after this thrilling victory over Rajasthan, Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan has praised Prabhsimran Singh and Nathan Ellis.
Shikhar Dhawan gave a big statement after the victory
Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan looked very happy after registering a thrilling win over Rajasthan. Dhawan said that ‘I was a bit nervous and was trying to keep myself calm and was discussing plans with my bowlers. Was happy with the score we made. We scored 197 and then the bowlers gave us early wickets, Nathan bowled brilliantly. It was a whole team effort. We got off to a great start in these 2 matches, Prabh did really well. I tried my best to increase my strike-rate. We want to continue the momentum as we have a good batting line-up. We respect the bowlers of the opponents but want to maintain the intent and aggression.
Shikhar and Prabhasimran played a blistering innings
In this match, the pair of Punjab Kings opener Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh played a very important role with the bat. There was a partnership of 90 runs for the first wicket between the two. Prabhsimran Singh managed to score 60 runs in 34 balls in this match.
While batting till the last in this match, captain Shikhar Dhawan was able to play an excellent inning of 86 runs in 56 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. After these two innings, in bowling, Nathan Ellis took 4 wickets and Arshdeep Singh sealed Punjab’s victory by taking 2 wickets.
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