Fifty in 23 balls, Shikhar Dhawan’s bat spewed fire, Delhi got easy victory

Last update:February 10, 2025, 23:41 IST

Legend 90 League: Shikhar Dhawan may have been away from Team India but his/her bat is still on fire. Legend 90 league is becoming proof of this.

New Delhi. Shikhar Dhawan may have been away from Team India, but the fire of his/her bat still remains. Dhawan gave a fifty root in 23 balls while stormy batting in Legend 90 league. Thanks to this innings of Gabbar, his/her team Delhi Royals easily defeated Big Boys. In the second match of the day, Dubai Giants defeated Gujarat to register their first win.

Legend 90 League is being played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur. In the first match of the fourth day of the league, Delhi Royals faced Big Boys. Big Boys team came out to bat after winning the toss and appeared completely in front of the bowling of Delhi Royals. Naman Sharma (37) and Amardeep Sonkar (32) made a significant innings to bring the team beyond 100. his/her team could only manage 115 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the prescribed 15 overs.

Chasing 116 runs, Delhi Royals continued their aggressive style and added 97 runs for the first wicket. Opener Shikhar Dhawan scored an unbeaten 50 off 23 balls with the help of five fours and three sixes. Landal Simmons, who came to support him/her, also continued his/her form and scored 57 runs off 29 balls. his/her innings included six fours and four sixes. Shikhar was adjudged Player of the Match to decide the victory of Pachasa with sixes. When it comes to bowlers, the Delhi camp showed completely in the rhythm today. While Anurit Singh took two wickets, Parvinder Awana, Lakhwinder Singh, Bipul Sharma and Rajwinder Singh also had one wicket each.

The second match of the day was played between Dubai Giants and the Gujarat Samp Army. Dubai won the toss and decided to bowl and he/she also worked. The start of the Gujarat Samp was nothing special and in the first over, Isuru Udana sent Cameron Delport to the pavilion on a score of zero. After which Chirag Gandhi unbeaten (48) and Theisara Perera (42) took over the team and took a respectable score of 137 runs at the loss of four wickets.

It was probably less in terms of Dubai giant. Dubai’s opener and captain Richard Levi, who had lost the last 2 matches, gave the team a strong start by scoring 34 runs at a strike rate of 200. After this, Kithuruan Vithange (26) and Brandon Taylor won the match by 7 wickets by scoring 47 runs in 25 balls. Vikas Tokas was awarded the Player of the Match award for taking 2 wickets for 27 runs in 3 overs.