IPL 2022, Match 38 PBKS vs CSK, Stats Review: Shikhar Dhawan’s milestone day, Rishi Dhawan’s comeback after 5 seasons, and other stats

Shikhar Dhawan was the standout performer in his 200th Indian Premier League (IPL) match as the southpaw smashed an unbeaten 88 runs off just 59 deliveries with nine fours and two sixes. His score helped the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in posting a huge total of 187/4 in their allotted 20 overs, subsequently winning by 11 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 38 of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh also supported Dhawan well as they recorded figures of 2/23 and 1/23 respectively.

Speaking about how the encounter between ‘The Kings’ panned out, Ravindra Jadeja won the toss and CSK elected to field first. They went into the match with an unchanged side from the last game while PBKS made three changes. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rishi Dhawan, and Sandeep Sharma all came in for Nathan Ellis, Shahrukh Khan, and Vaibhav Arora respectively. Skipper Mayank Agarwal, who has never scored a fifty against CSK, got out for just 18 runs. Rajapaksa made full use of his comeback and scored 42 runs off 32 deliveries with two fours and as many maximums. Dwaine Pretorius had an off day with the Protea leaking 50 runs for no wicket in his four-over spell.

Chasing 188 for victory, Robin Uthappa, Mitchell Santner, and Shivam Dube all bagged single-digit scores. Ruturaj Gaikwad amassed 30 runs off 27 balls but it was Ambati Rayudu who sparkled the run chase. The 36-years old slammed 79 runs off 38 balls with seven fours and six towering maximums. But once he got out, it looked too late for MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja to get close to the total.

Rishi Dhawan, who played his first IPL game since the 2016 season, took the prized scalp of Dhoni and it was curtains for the Men in Yellow. With this win, PBKS is now sixth on the table with eight points while CSK remains in the ninth spot with just four points. For his exceptional match-winning knock, Shikhar Dhawan was named the Player of the Match.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match 38 between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2022:

 200 – Shikhar Dhawan appeared in his 200th IPL match. He became the eighth player to achieve the feat.

6086 – Dhawan also reached the landmark of 6000 runs in the IPL. He became only the second batter after Virat Kohli to achieve the milestone.

2016 – Rishi Dhawan played in an IPL match for the first time in six years. He last appeared in a game against Rising Pune Supergiants in the year 2016.

9077 – Shikhar completed the milestone of 9000 runs in T20 cricket. He became the third Indian after Kohli and Rohit Sharma to achieve the landmark.

50 – Rahul Chahar appeared in his 50th IPL match.

1 – Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dhawan shared the highest partnership (110) for any wicket for PBKS in IPL 2022. The previous best was 97 by Mayank Agarwal and Dhawan against Mumbai Indians.

1029 – Dhawan reached the feat of 1000 runs against CSK in the league. He is now the batter with the most runs against an opponent in the tournament. Rohit Sharma is on second for mustering 1018 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.

1 – MS Dhoni has now smashed the most sixes (220) for CSK in all T20s. He surpassed Suresh Raina’s tally of 219 maximum which he hit for the Men in Yellow.

1 – Sandeep Sharma is now joint-top with Bhuvneshwar Kumar for taking 53 wickets in the powerplay in the IPL. Zaheer Khan is second on the chart with 52 wickets.

16.25 – Mayank Agarwal has now scored 260 runs in 16 innings against CSK with no fifty and at an average of just 16.25.

1 – Dhawan has amassed the highest individual score (88*) by a player in his 200th IPL match. Rohit had scored 68 runs against Delhi Capitals in 2020.

2 – Dhawan surpassed Kohli (47) and now has the second-most 50-plus scores (48) in the IPL. David Warner tops the chart with 57 such scores.

37/1 – PBKS registered their lowest powerplay score of 37/1 in IPL 2022. Interestingly their highest powerplay total of 72/2 also came against CSK.

2037 – Bhanuka Rajapaksa reached the landmark of 2000 runs in T20 cricket.