PBKS vs DC: David Warner becomes fourth player to score 400 runs nine times in IPL

The Indian Premier League 2023 is in full flow as Punjab Kings are taking on Delhi Capitals in the ongoing match 64 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and elected to field first, however, little did he know that he would regret his decision going ahead in the innings.

DC openers Prithvi Shaw and David Warner got their side off to a flying start as they added 94 runs for the first wicket in just 62 deliveries. Warner carried his form from the last game and scored a brilliant 46 off 31 balls smashing five fours and two sixes in his innings.

During his innings, Warner completed 400 runs in the ongoing season and notably, it’s also the ninth time he has achieved the landmark in an IPL season. The southpaw is now level with Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli who’ve also scored 400 runs in a season nine times.

In the ongoing season, the southpaw has 430 runs from 13 innings at an average of 33.07 and a strike rate of 128.74 with five fifties to his name. Furthermore, Warner has the most number of fifties in the history of IPL having reached the landmark 60 times in his career.

The DC captain has also won the coveted Orange Cap thrice for finishing as the highest run-scorer of the tournament in the seasons 2015, 2017 and 2019 respectively.

DC scale 200-run landmark

Coming back to the match, following Warner’s dismissal in the 11^th over, Shaw continued his innings and went on to score 54 off 38 deliveries adding 54 runs for the second wicket with Rilee Rossouw. After Shaw got out, Rossouw took the charge and played a breathtaking innings of 82* off 37 balls clobbering six fours and six sixes in his innings to help Delhi put on a massive score of 213/2 in their allotted 20 overs.

Sam Curran was the pick of the bowlers for PBKS as he picked 2/36 in his four-over spell.