Shikhar Dhawan has been dubbed as an IPL legend by former India cricketer Irfan Pathan for his fixed efforts and constant outcomes within the Indian Premier League through the years. Within the IPL 2022 match between the Punjab Kings (PBKS) and the Gujarat Titans, Dhawan struck an unbeaten 62 off 53 deliveries.
His well-paced effort, alongside aggressive knocks of Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Liam Livingstone enabled PBKS to chase down the 144-run goal with 4 overs to spare. Punjab bowlers had restricted GT to a below-par complete, which was adopted by the batters chasing the rating with ease and profitable the sport by eight wickets.
“He (Dhawan) is an IPL legend, he’s that sort of a batter. The fifteenth season is occurring and there have been solely two seasons the place he has not scored 300 runs. He has scored at the least 300 runs in each different season, he brings that type of efficiency. He was required to indicate his expertise at this time and he did that. The way in which he constructed his innings at first when the ball was transferring round. It was extraordinarily mandatory for the Punjab Kings to not lose too many wickets at first,” Pathan informed Star Sports activities.
He put his full expertise and performed an especially essential knock: Irfan Pathan
Praising the southpaw for his efforts in opposition to GT, Pathan stated that Dhawan ensured that PBKS didn’t lose too many wickets as he caught by the facet and stayed till the tip.
“He was leaving the brand new ball. When Mohammed Shami and Ferguson have been bowling, he was not attempting to repeatedly put bat to ball. However as soon as he acquired set, the ball stopped transferring, he put his full expertise and performed an especially essential knock. When Shikhar Dhawan scores runs for Punjab Kings, the opposite batters rating runs round him and might play fearlessly. It was a praiseworthy knock,” Pathan said.
Dhawan is IPL’s second-leading run-scorer with 6153 runs, positioned proper under Virat Kohli, who has 6469 runs below his belt. With loads of highly effective batsmen of their lineup, Dhawan is prone to play the reliable batters’ position for the Punjab Kings.
