Shikhar Dhawan Reflects on Crucial Catch Drop in Punjab’s Loss to RCB

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Match 6 between Punjab Lords (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium turned into a thriller. RCB inevitably won the amusement by four wickets with four balls to save in the last over. In any case, PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan couldn’t offer assistance but regretted a crucial moment that turned the tide against his team. After being asked to bat to begin with, PBKS put up an add-up of 176/6 in their 20 overs, driven by Dhawan’s 45 and a few blows from the lower tier.

Virat Kohli was given a lifesaver on the moment ball of the chase itself. Jonny Bairstow, who was positioned to begin with slip, dropped a direction to capture off Sam Curran’s bowling when Kohli was attempting to open his account. Kohli paid PBKS in full with a fabulous 77 off a fair 49 balls, putting RCB on course for a possible triumph. Speaking at the post-match introduction, Dhawan couldn’t cover up his dissatisfaction at the dropped capture.

“Virat scored 70-odd runs, and we dropped a capture of the course player; we paid the cost. If we had taken that capture, the energy would have come from the moment ball. But we misplaced the energy over there, and at that point, we paid the cost for that,” said Dhawan amid the post-match presentation.

Despite Kohli’s brilliance, the game went down to the wire. At 130/6 in the 16th over, requiring 47 off 24 balls, RCB looked down and out until Dinesh Karthik played a blinder, crushing an unbeaten 28 off a fair 10 deliveries to get RCB over the line. Mahipal Lomror, too, played a brilliant cameo of 17 runs off eight deliveries. Dhawan also reflected on his batting execution, saying, “It was a great amusement; we brought the amusement back, and once more we misplaced it.

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We scored 10–15 runs less, and in the first six overs, I played a bit moderately. Those 10-15 runs have taken a toll on us, and the dropped capture as well.” While Dhawan had his share of laments, he was all commendable for youthful spinner Harpreet Brar, who had mind-blowing figures of 2/13 in his share of four overs. “He’s bowling well, particularly bowling against left-handers; huge the way he drenched in the weight and got us the breakthroughs,” concluded Dhawan. PBKS will see to regroup and return to winning ways in their next diversion against Lucknow Super Monsters on Walk 30. For RCB, they enrolled to begin with the triumph of the season after confronting a vanquish in the opening diversion. The Faf du Plessis-led side faces the Kolkata Knight Riders in their following fixture on March 29.

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