'Bhai isko Indian team mein daalo' - Fans heap praise on Shikhar Dhawan as he plays fighting 99* against Sunrisers Hyderabad

Punjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan has helped his side put up a fighting total in the ongoing game against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the 14th game of the IPL 2023, the home team, SRH won the toss and elected to bowl first. Dhawan, who is looking to make his comeback in the Indian team, batted extremely well.

On the other hand, the other batters failed to apply themselves on a wicket that was aiding swing bowling. The Kings had a poor start as they lost three wickets for 22 runs. Dhawan and Sam Curran put together 41 runs and looked like taking the game forward for the team. However, the latter got out trying to take on Mayank Markande.

This led to a collapse as the team was reduced from 63/4 to 88/9 in no time. The impact player for PBKS, Sikandar Raza couldn't do much either. Meanwhile, when it looked like the innings will be folded for a low score, Dhawan ensured that the game was on. Yash Rathee, applied himself in his two ball innings as the 2013 Champions Trophy winner decided to farm the strike.

In the last over, the left-hander scored eight runs although he couldn't score his third IPL hundred. Meanwhile, his innings have given his bowlers something to play with.

It's the best innings I have played: Shikhar Dhawan

After the first innings, the 2016 IPL winner spoke to the broadcasters. He started by mentioning that the SRH fans remember him and this was his best innings of his career. He added that 143 is a fighting total.

I'm glad that the Hyderabad crowd remembers me. It's one of the best I've played. It's good because I played to the end and from the other ends wickets are falling. We made a respectable total and now we can fight for that," Shikhar Dhawan said in the mid-game

This is how Twitter reacted

Shikhar Dhawan with Rohit Sharma in 2023 world cup. One last ride. 🥺🥺 pic.twitter.com/CYTDVSlzod

— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) April 9, 2023

The smile on Shikhar Dhawan face - a captain's knock by Dhawan! pic.twitter.com/ry61yxTrgM

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 9, 2023

Shikhar Dhawan in IPL 2023:



40(29)

86*(56)

99*(66)



Lost the spot in the Indian team, openly said Gill deserves to open with Rohit, took over the captaincy of PBKS and he is leading by example - Take a bow, Shikhar. pic.twitter.com/F9vFlU3TAb

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 9, 2023

99*



Way more than a hundred for us! 🤩👏#SRHvPBKS #ShikharDhawan

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 9, 2023

Shikhar Dhawan deserves a chance in WC 🫡 pic.twitter.com/Y2j6xJp3Rb

— 💛 (@Alreadysad__) April 9, 2023

One Man Shaw By Skipper Shikhar Dhawan 🔥#SRHvPBKS pic.twitter.com/nT33T0sRgo

— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) April 9, 2023

Shikhar Dhawan, Jatt paida hoya bas chaun vaste. Mr ICC for a reason, what an innings 👏👏#SRHvsPBKS #PBKSvsSRH #CricketTwitter

— Manoj Dimri (@manoj_dimri) April 9, 2023

I don’t care if he plays the world cup or not. But as a cricketer fan I want to see this man be given a beautiful farewell .



LEGEND SHIKHAR DHAWAN 🦁❤️ pic.twitter.com/aZzkInxHD1

— 🇻🇳 (@blitzkrieg71_) April 9, 2023

99* out of #PBKS 143. Unbelievable effort by Shikhar Dhawan. What an incredible day for left-handed batters in today’s #TataIPL

Rinku, Nitish, Iyer, Sai Sudarshan, Shikhi boy.

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 9, 2023

BCCI after watching shikhar dhawan's form:#SRHvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/Ly3KHTetq0

— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) April 9, 2023