Kings XI Punjab went from strength to strength in the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) as they recorded their third win in a row by beating table leaders Delhi Capitals by five wickets with a surplus to spare. Chasing 165 for victory in a Dubai wicket that helped batters for a change, KXIP was aided by Nicholas Pooran’s whirlwind 53-on-28 and Chris Gayle scoring 25 runs on one more, hits that dwarfed Shikhar’s second hundred in a row. Dhawan this season. Dhawan finished undefeated with 106, becoming the first hitter to hit consecutive hundreds in a single IPL season, but found little support at the other end when Delhi finished below par total.
In response, Gayle (29 of 13) pounced on rookie Tushar Deshpande, hitting the fast pitcher for 4, 4, 6, 4 and 6 in one, before Ravichandran Ashwin beat Gayle by throwing the southpaw through the door. .
Gayle’s show came after KXIP lost owner Orange Cap and skipper KL Rahul (15) in the third over.
Ashwin’s firing from Gayle brought another in the end, the sixth of innings, as a mix-up between Pooran and Mayank Agarwal (5) resulted in the latter staying well below his line at the forward end.
This reduced Delhi to 56 from 3, needing 109 more races to win.
However, Pooran made up for that run by hitting Delhi bowlers everywhere and lifting his second half-century IPL with just 27 balls with six fours and three sixes.
He added 69 runs with Glenn Maxwell (32) for the fourth wicket in just 6.4 overs to put DC in the driver’s seat.
Although Pooran and Maxwell were fired in the second half of the innings, KXIP had the batting depth to ensure they clinched the victory and moved up to fifth in the points table with 8 points from 10 games.
Earlier, Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and hit first. Prithvi Shaw (7) was early, but Dhawan continued from where he had left the match against Chennai Super Kings: he finished 101 without losing against CSK.
Dhawan regained his half century, his fourth consecutive score of more than fifty at IPL 2020, on just 28 balls and although Iyer (14) and the returning Rishabh Pant (14) did not stay strong for long, the Delhi batsman stayed on. remained undefeated in innings for the second consecutive game.
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Mohammed Shami was the cheapest bowler for KXIP with figures of 2 for 28 from four overs. Maxwell, Jimmy Neesham and Murugan Ashwin each got a wicket.
For Delhi, Kagiso Rabada (2 of 27), Axar Patel (1 of 27) and Ashwin (1 of 27) were inexpensive, but their team just didn’t have enough runs on the board.
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