PBKS vs CSK: I Keep Working On My Fitness And Approach - Shikhar Dhawan After Winning MoTM vs CSK

Shikhar Dhawan playing in his 200th IPL game scored a match-winning 88 off 55 balls against Chennai Super Kings which gave his side the 4th win of the season.

Shikhar Dhawan became the 8th player in the history of the tournament to play 200 games in a tournament. MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa and Ravindra Jadeja are the other 7 players on the list.

Shikhar Dhawan also completed 6000 runs in the IPL and became just the 2nd batter to reach the record after former India captain Virat Kohli. He also completed 9,000 T20 runs.

We Didn’t Want To Lose Too Many Wickets: Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan’s knock was very important in the context of the game as it came after Mayank Agarwal failed to get going yet again in the tournament. Dhawan along with Bhanuka Rajapaksa then had a 100+ partnership for the 2nd wicket. Both of them scored at a decent pace and took the team to a position from where they could accelerate.

“The process, I always talk about it, I focus on it. About my fitness, my approach – I keep working on those skills”, Dhawan said about his approach towards the shortest format of the game.

About the innings, he said, “The wicket was stopping a bit, I tried to go for the big shots, but I couldn’t connect. But I kept my calm. Once I get set, I can get those boundaries, that’s what I bank on. While batting first it’s about putting pressure on the bowers and getting boundaries. We don’t have to lose to many wickets, that was our conscious effort.”

Dhawan who led the side earlier in the season in the absence of Mayank Agarwal said that he is now a senior member of the side, “I have become a senior in the team, I give a lot of input to the players and my players. The youngsters think a lot, sometimes they overthink, so I try to communicate with them. I talk about the law of attraction and how to achieve big in life.”

PBKS management would hope that Dhawan can continue the same form going ahead.

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