Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen inflicted an MS Dhoni-like blow to get rid of Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shikhar Dhawan in the 23rd match of the Indian Premier League 2024 ( IPL 2024) at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International. Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh, on Tuesday, April 9.
During the chase, PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan tried to play an attacking style of cricket but could not make progress. He tried to crush the pitchers but couldn’t make good connections with the pitches and ultimately exited without contributing many runs.
Dhawan scored a poor 14 runs off 16 balls, with 2 boundaries, and was cleaned up by Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the fourth ball of the fifth over. SRH’s veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a long ball into the channel just outside off stump. Dhawan wanted to score a boundary on the delivery and walked down the track to reach it. However, the ball had a slight outward movement and Dhawan failed to connect with it.
The PBKS captain quickly turned to put his bat inside the crease, but SRH’s keeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen was too quick with his glove as he had already removed the bails before Dhawan could put his bat inside. the line. After Shikhar Dhawan’s dismissal, PBKS was in all sorts of trouble at 3/20.
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This was the eighth time in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that Shikhar Dhawan was stumped. He has equaled the record of Suresh Raina and Robin Uthappa. Also, this was only the ninth time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that a batsman was stumped against a pacer.
Earlier, Punjab Kings (PBKS) bowlers shined with the ball and restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to 182/9. Arshdeep Singh was the hero for PBKS in the innings as he picked up 4 wickets, while Nitish Kumar Reddy shone for SRH with his brilliant knock of 64 runs.
During the mid-innings break, Arshdeep Singh said that he just stuck to his plans and was delighted to deliver for the team. He also talked about his team’s bowling in the last 5 overs when they gave away a lot of runs. Arshdeep Singh said:
“At first, there was some movement on the wicket and it was a bit sticky. Then a bit of dew came in and the wicket settled. I was really happy until the third over, but it was a really good day. I was just trying to do my job. plans and fulfill the team.
“(Bowling in the last 5 overs) Due to the dimensions of the wicket, hitting the straighter boundaries is relatively easier than hitting it square. We wanted to take advantage of the bigger square boundary. Even in the first game we played here, we used a lot of slower bouncers and this game I wanted to bowl to the open yorkers.”