Shikhar Dhawan Leads From Front, Smashes RR Bowlers Across Guwahati
Dhawan scored his 48th IPL fifty vs RR (iplt20.com)
Punjab Kings (PBKS)'s captain Shikhar Dhawan has yet again proved that he believes in leading from the front as the IPL veteran has smoked his maiden half-century of the season, carrying forward the berserk start his partner Prabhsimran Singh gave earlier in the innings.
Dhawan, who scored a classy 40 against Kolkata on Saturday, took himself one level up and scored his first fifty as the Punjab skipper.
Shikhar Dhawan centuries in IPL
In his illustrious IPL career, the Delhi-born batter has smashed 48 half-centuries and two hundreds.
With this knock, the left-handed artist became the only third batter in the history of the IPL to surpass the 50-run mark for the 50th time, following David Warner and Virat Kohli's path.
While watching Prabh take charge from one end, the southpaw let the youngster go gung-ho against the last year's finalists. However, after the right-hander's dismissal and Bhanuka Rajapaksa getting retired hurt, Dhawan took things into his own hands.
The skipper broke the leash against Rajasthan's go-to bowler Yuzvendra Chahal, hitting the leg-spinner for three boundaries and a mighty maximum.
At the time of writing, Dhawan is batting strongly, with him being at 63* off 43 balls; however, he has just lost Jitesh Sharma at the cusp of the drinks break.
Punjab are at 158-2 after 15.4 overs.
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