Shikhar Dhawan
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IPL 2024: Shashank, Ashutosh Played Great Knocks; Couldn’t Cash On In First Six Overs, Admits Dhawan
Sunrisers Hyderabad: After losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by two runs, Shikhar Dhawan, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain, appreciated a second successive time of Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma playing whirlwind knocks, but lamented his batters’ inability to cash on in the first six overs.
Chasing 183, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pat Cummins got the new ball to move to reduce PBKS to 20/3 in 4.4 overs, Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh scoring only 18 runs between themselves.
SRH then reduced PBKS to 114/6 and with 67 runs needed from the last four overs, Ashutosh (33 not out off 15 balls) and Shashank (46 not out off 25 balls), took them really close to chasing down the total through their partnership of 66 runs off just 27 balls.
