Punjab Kings (PBKS) began their IPL 2023 season on a excessive on Saturday with a shut win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). It was a rain interrupted sport however PBKS have been dominating when play stopped and ultimately gained the encounter to get two factors on the board. Meanwhile, their new skipper Shikhar Dhawan entered the record books whereas he was batting and equalled Virat Kohli in a unique IPL record. The left-hander has been enjoying the cash-rich league for the reason that inaugural season in 2008 and owns a lot of information.
On Saturday, Dhawan was concerned in the 94th half-century partnership in the historical past of IPL. He stitched 86 runs for the second wicket with Bhanuka Rajapaksa and equalled Virat Kohli in this regard. Both Dhawan and Kohli are on the prime spot for being concerned in probably the most half-century partnerships in IPL. Suresh Raina is on the third place with 83 such partnerships and David Warner is on the fourth place with 82 partnerships of fifty or extra runs. Warner had a probability to equal Raina in the sport in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants however there was no half-century partnership in your complete DC innings.
As far because the match is worried, PBKS batted effectively after dropping the toss posting a large complete on the board. Dhawan performed second fiddle during his partnership with Rajapaksa. The PBKS captain scored 40 runs off 29 balls whereas Rajapaksa performed a glowing knock of fifty runs off 32 balls. Though none of their batters performed a large knock, nearly each participant scored with good strike-rate making a contribution to workforce’s rating. PBKS posted a large complete of 191 runs for the lack of 5 wickets in their 20 overs.Â
In response, KKR have been struggling proper from the phrase go. Andre Russell smashed 35 runs off 19 balls to maintain the aspect in the hunt however as soon as he bought out, the goal appeared inconceivable for KKR. Rain arrived after 16 overs in their innings after they have been 146/7 and the workforce was 7 runs brief on the DLS par rating at that time. The match by no means resumed and PBKS registered their first win of the season.
