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Dhawan’s half-century, Punjab set Knight Riders a target of 180 runs

Despite the sharp bowling of Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana, Punjab Kings scored 179 for seven against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League here on Monday, thanks to captain Shikhar Dhawan’s half-century and useful contributions from the lower order. Dhawan added 53 runs for the fourth wicket with Jitesh Sharma (21) in addition to playing an innings of 57 runs in 47 balls with nine fours and a six. Shahrukh Khan (21 not out in eight balls), Harpreet Brar (17 not out in nine balls) and Rishi Dhawan (19 not out in 11 balls) finally brought the team’s score close to 180 runs by playing flamboyant innings.

Chakraborty (3/26) and Harshit (2/33) prevented Punjab from building big partnerships by taking wickets at regular intervals. Dhawan won the toss and decided to bat first. Prabhsimran Singh hit three fours in the very first over of Vaibhav Arora. Dhawan hit Harshit Rana for two fours in the second over of the innings but the fast bowler had Prabhasimran (12) caught by wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz. In the next over, Harshit got Bhanuka Rajapaksa caught by Gurbaj without opening the account. Liam Livingstone (15) hit Andre Russell for three consecutive fours but Chakraborty trapped him lbw to reduce Punjab to 53 for three in the sixth over.

Dhawan and Jitesh then decorated the innings. Jitesh hit Suyash Sharma for two sixes while Dhawan hit Sunil Narine for two fours to complete his team’s century in the 12th over. Chakraborty gave fourth blow to Punjab by getting Jitesh caught by Gurbaj. Dhawan completed his third half-century of the current tournament in 41 balls with a six off Narine but was then caught by Arora off the bowling of KKR captain Nitish Rana. He faced 47 balls and hit nine fours and a six. As soon as Rishi came, he hit Rana for a four. He also hit Chakraborty for a six but was bowled by the leg-spinner. In the 19th over of the innings, Harpreet hit two fours over Aroor while Harshit also hit a six in the last over. Shahrukh also hit Harshit for two consecutive fours and a six. In the last two overs, the Punjab team managed to score 36 runs.

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