In the 16th season of IPL, Dhawan's bat has been on fire, scoring the second-highest score of the season in the RR vs PBKS match

Indian Premier League 2023: Shikhar Dhawan, who is captaining Punjab Kings in the 16th season of IPL, has seen a great performance with the bat in 2 matches so far

ndian Premier League 2023: In the 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the bat of opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who is captaining the Punjab Kings (PBKS) team, has so far appeared to speak brilliantly in 2 matches . Dhawan scored an inning of 40 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the first match, while in the second match against Rajasthan Royals (RR), Dhawan's bat saw an unbeaten inning of 86 runs. Shikhar Dhawan has started the new season very well so that he can once again prove himself through the bat. After getting the responsibility of captaincy, a different kind of responsibility is also being seen in Dhawan's game. In the 2 matches held so far, he has been seen trying to maintain the pace of the run while handling the team's score from one end.

Chahal back in form 😭

— ViKrAnT⁴5 (Vicky) (@VikrantSolver) April 5, 2023

Shikhar Dhawan has now reached the third position in the list of highest run-scorers this season, with 126 runs in his name in 2 matches. Where Dhawan's average is 126 at this time, the strike rate has been seen at 148.24. This season, Dhawan is in second place in terms of making the highest individual score, in which Rituraj Gaikwad's innings of 92 runs is at number one. Dhawan made this record with his innings of 86 runs. Shikhar Dhawan has now become the second batsman to score more than 50 runs in 50 matches in the least matches in the IPL on the basis of a brilliant unbeaten innings of 86 runs against Rajasthan Royals. Shikhar Dhawan has achieved this feat in 207 innings, while in this case David Warner's name comes first in achieving this milestone in the lowest number of innings, who did this feat in 148 innings.