Shikhar Dhawan Reaction: Punjab Kings had to face defeat by 4 wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the last match, Punjab Kings defeated Delhi Capitals. At the same time, now it has to face defeat against RCB. However, after this defeat, Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan expressed his views. Shikhar Dhawan said that it was a good match, we bounced back from difficult situations, but despite this we failed to win. Our team scored 10-15 runs less. I batted slowly in the first 6 overs.
‘It was costly for a player like Virat Kohli to drop a catch’
Shikhar Dhawan said that we had to bear the brunt of scoring 10-15 runs less, apart from this our fielders dropped catches. Especially, dropping the catch of a player like Virat Kohli proved costly. If we had managed to catch Virat Kohli, the momentum would probably have come to us on the very second ball. But we failed to do so. This wicket was nice to look at, but it was not easy to bat on. Apart from double bounce, the bowlers were getting turn on this pitch. However, this pitch was 70 percent favorable for batting, while 30 percent was favorable for bowlers.
‘I scored runs, but I think I should have scored runs faster’
Shikhar Dhawan said that I scored runs, I am happy but I think I should have scored runs faster. Especially, in the first 6 overs. Apart from this, we kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Due to this, pressure started building on our team. This match went till the last over, but I think our bowlers could have bowled better than this. Apart from this, Shikhar Dhawan expressed his views on Punjab Kings spinner Harpreet Brar. He said that the way Harpreet Brar displayed brilliant bowling under pressure is commendable.