Delhi Capitals’ Prithvi Shaw hits 6th IPL fifty, continues fine form vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Prithvi Shaw notched up his sixth Indian Premier League (IPL) half-century against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday. With this, he also scored his second half-century of the season. En route his fifty, the former Under-19 India captain hit three boundaries and as many sixes, to set up a good platform for his team to put up a big total.

Shaw continued his fine form against Kolkata Knight Riders. In the last four outings against the Kolkata-based franchise. Shaw has hit 53 not out (35 balls), 14 (seven balls), 99 (55 balls) and 62 (44 balls).

However, shortly after his fifty, he was dismissed by Kamlesh Nagarkoti on 66 off 41 balls. At the time of his dismissal, he had four boundaries and as many sixes under his belt.

As far as the match is concerned, KKR captain Dinesh Karthik had won the toss and elected to field against a balanced DC side.

Heading into the match, both teams have two wins out of the three they have played.

DC also registered the fifth-highest Powerplay score in IPL 2020. Interestingly, three of the top five Powerplay scores have come in Sharjah.

The highest Powerplay score belongs to Rajasthan Royals who scored 69/1 against Kings XI Punjab. The second belongs to KXIP who scored 60/0 against RR.

The third belongs to Mumbai Indians who scored 59/1 against KKR in Abu Dhabi and the fourth belongs to Royal Challengers Bangalore who scored 59/0 against MI.

And the fifth-highest was scored by DC who scored 57/1 against KKR.