Punjab Kings Batter Atharva Taide Retired Himself Out against Capitals; Becomes second batter to do so in IPL
Punjab Kings left handed batter Atharve Taide Retired Himself Out in a do or die clash against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday at the HPCA Stadium, Dharmashala. Taide who was playing well at 55 off 42 deliveries took this decision due to his slow strike-rate. Despite his decent know Punjab are in a great need of heavy ball smashing considering their required run rate is touching the skyline.
PBKS’ trusted batter Jitesh Sharma then came to bat. Interestingly, Sharma took departed quickly with a 2-ball duck.
Taide had also suffered a minor injury initially in his innings. Nonetheless, it was confirmed that this wasn’t the reason why the young batter had left the field.
Action so far in PBKS vs DC
In their 214-run chase against Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2023 match at Dharamsala on Wednesday, Punjab Kings got off to a bad start as Shikhar Dhawan was out for a first ball duck against Ishant Sharma. After considerable rebuilding, Pabhsimran Singh and Atharva Taide led PBKS to a 47/1 powerplay score. Prabhsimran was then taken out for 22(19) by Axar.
Earlier, after being chosen to bat first, Delhi put up a mammoth 213/2 in 20 overs thanks to a commanding performance from Rilee Rossouw and a brilliant comeback from Prithvi Shaw. Rossouw scored 82 off 37 balls for an unbroken return, including six boundaries and the same amount of maximums. Shaw, who was reinstated to the XI, met expectations and scored 54 (38). David Warner, his captain, gave his team a solid start. Together, the two scored 94 runs in 10.2 overs until Dhawan caught Warner for 46(31) with an incredible catch. Phil Salt further contributed with a 14-ball 26.
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