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Jitesh, Shahrukh, Curren brought us back but we should have scored 200: Dhawan

Punjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan, who was out of contention for the title after facing defeat in their last Indian Premier League T20 league match against Rajasthan Royals, said here on Friday that his team scored 15-20 runs short. Man-of-the-match Devdutt Padikkal (51) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (50) scored half-centuries after Shimron Hetmyer’s 46 as Rajasthan Royals kept their hopes of reaching the playoffs alive in the Indian Premier League T20. Batting first, Punjab scored 187 runs for five wickets but Rajasthan achieved the target by losing six wickets with two balls to spare.

In addition to Sam Curran’s unbeaten 49-run innings, Punjab scored 64 runs in 44 balls with Jitesh Sharma (44) for the fifth wicket and 73 runs in 37 balls with Shahrukh Khan (41 not out) for the sixth wicket. Kings put up a challenging score. Dhawan of the match told the broadcasters, “After a bad start, Jitesh, Shahrukh and Curren brought us back into the match but we did not bowl well. I think it would have been better to set a target of 200 on this ground. “He said,” I think we failed to do well in all three departments of a match. This is a young team and there has been no consistency in our performance. Dhawan said that as captain he has learned a lot in the tournament. He said, “As a captain, I have learned a lot. We make mistakes and we learn a lot from them.

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