Delhi Capitals’ win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Thursday could be narrowed down to the stark contrast in th...
Delhi Capitals’ win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Thursday could be narrowed down to the stark contrast in the two teams’ approach with the bat in the Powerplay.
While Kolkata scored 13 runs in the sixth over and were still only 45/1 at the end of the Powerplay, Delhi got just a single in their sixth over and yet had 67 runs on the board.
The position Kolkata and Delhi found themselves in at the end of their respective Powerplays was mostly because of how Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw – two young openers with immense potential – went about their business.
Shaw hit a staggering six consecutive fours in the first over of the innings by Shivam Mavi and simply didn’t look back, finishing with a match-winning 82 off 41.
The 21-year-old right-hander is at the top of his game at the moment and the confidence he’s carrying is reflective in every shot he plays. He started the season with an impressive 72 against Chennai Super Kings and has gone on to amass 269 runs in seven innings.
Against KKR, Shaw was severe on both pace and spin and hit 11 fours and three sixes in his sparkling knock. As is so often the case with his batting,...
