IPL 2020: Shikhar Dhawan hits maiden IPL ton; Cricket fraternity lauds DC’s 5-wicket over CSK

Akshar Patel made 21* in 5 balls with three sixes.

Akshar Patel slammed Jadeja for 3 sixes to win the match for DC | BCCI/IPLThe 34th match of the IPL 2020 saw Delhi Capitals (DC) taking on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Sharjah. CSK won the toss and decided to bat first. They made one change, bringing in Kedar Jadhav for Piyush Chawla, while DC went in unchanged.

Watson (36) and Du Plessis (58) added 87 runs for the second wicket. MS Dhoni made just 3 runs, while CSK was looking for a good finish to their total. They got it in the form of Ambati Rayudu (45* in 24 balls; 4 sixes, 1 four) and Ravindra Jadeja (33* in 13 balls; 4 sixes), who added fifty unbeaten runs in the last 3 and a half overs. 

CSK added 67 runs in the last 5 overs, to finish on 179/4 in 20 overs. Nortje picked 2/44, while Deshpande and Rabada picked one wicket apiece.

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In Delhi Capitals’ reply, Shaw got out for a duck and Rahane made 8. But Dhawan made valuable partnerships of 68 with Iyer (23) and then 43 with Stoinis (24), to keep DC in the game. He made his maiden IPL hundred in his 167th innings in 57 balls.

With 17 needed off the last over, Dhoni took a huge risk by bringing on Jadeja, and Akshar Patel slammed him for three sixes, putting an end to the match with 21* in 5 balls. Dhawan remained unbeaten on 101* in 58 balls with 14 fours and 1 six.

Delhi reached the target with 5 wickets in hand, while Deepak Chahar was the best CSK bowler with 2/18 in 4 overs. Dhoni later revealed that Bravo was off the field due to some fitness issues and hence he had to go with Jadeja for the last over.

The cricket fraternity was all praises on Twitter for Dhawan’s amazing knock and Akshar Patel's last over heroics which took DC to the top of the table.

Here are the tweets:

 

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 17 Oct, 2020

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