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Last updated on - October 21, 2020, 8:23 PM IST
Shikhar Dhawan's historic hundred went in vain as Kings XI Punjab outplayed table leaders Delhi Capitals by five wickets for their third straight win to keep their pla-off hopes alive in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday
For a change, it ended up being a straightforward chase for KXIP despite a rare failure from their opening pair of KL Rahul (15) and Mayank Agarwal (5), who had done the bulk of the scoring for the team in IPL 2020.
The West Indian was not able to see the team through but Maxwell finally got some runs under his belt to take the team close to victory. Earlier, the Aussie picked up the wicket of Rishabh Pant to hurt Delhi's chances.
Shikhar Dhawan's historic hundred went in vain as Kings XI Punjab outplayed table leaders Delhi Capitals by five wickets.
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Ravichandran Ashwin picked up the wicket of dangerous Chris Gayle to rock back Kings XI Punjab's breezy start in 165 chase on Tuesday.
Dhawan crossed the 5000-run mark in the IPL by sweeping leggie Ravi Bishnoi for a six over deep square-leg, becoming the fifth batsmen to do so in the tournament's history.
Riding on his brilliant bowling form, Punjab's experienced pacer Mohammed Shami picked up 4/28 in his quota of four overs to stop Delhi's juggernaut.
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