Shikhar Dhawan Punjab Kings: In their second match of IPL 2024, Punjab Kings had to face defeat by 4 wickets against RCB. Punjab Kings bowlers performed well. RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bowl first. On the basis of Shikhar Dhawan’s fighting innings, Punjab Kings scored 176 runs. After this, RCB achieved this target due to the innings of Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik. After the match, Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan has explained the reason for the defeat.
Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan said that it was a good match, we came back into the game and then we lost it. We scored 10-15 runs less. I played a little slow in the first six overs. Those 10-15 runs cost us dearly and so did the dropped catch. Which proved to be the turning point of the match. Virat scored more than 70 runs and we dropped the catch of a class player, we had to pay the price for it. If we had taken that catch, we would have got the momentum with the second ball. But we lost the momentum there and then we had to pay the price.
Dhawan said that it was not a very real wicket. The ball was stopping here. There was a little double bounce on this pitch and there was turn as well. I am happy with my runs but I felt I could have played a little bit more fast in the first six overs, that’s the only thing I felt. We lost wickets also, we lost two wickets in a row and that put pressure on us. The match went till the last over, even in the end we could have bowled a little better.
Praised this player
Shikhar Dhawan said that Harpreet Brar is bowling really well. Especially bowling against left-handed batsmen, the way he handled the pressure and gave us success is tremendous. This is a big thing in Punjab. People really connect with that thigh-five, are happy to see him do it.
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