Prithvi Shaw smashed 82 runs off just 41 deliveries to help the Delhi Capitals (DC) chase down the 155-run target with seven wickets in hand and 21 deliveries to spare. The knock was studded with eleven fours and three sixes.
While talking about the Delhi Capitals’ run-chase in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra pointed out that Prithvi Shaw’s onslaught in the first over made a mockery of the slightly below-par target.
The cricketer-turned-commentator highlighted that Prithvi Shaw did not resort to any extravagant strokes and lauded Shikhar Dhawan for playing the supporting act to perfection.
Dhawan scored almost a run-a-ball 46 and stitched together a 132-run opening wicket partnership with Prithvi Shaw. The southpaw also climbed back to the top of the Orange Cap list during the course of his knock.
“Prithvi Shaw has to be my Player of the Match” - Aakash Chopra
While picking Prithvi Shaw as his Player of the Match, Aakash Chopra pointed out that one doesn’t get fours and sixes with that regularity even in book cricket.
The 43-year-old concluded by stating that the selectors might be wondering why Prithvi Shaw is not in their scheme of things for the Indian team.
Prithvi Shaw’s 18-ball fifty eclipsed Deepak Hooda’s 20-ball effort as the fastest half-century of IPL 2021. The record for the fastest fifty in IPL history is held by KL Rahul, who achieved the feat in just 14 deliveries.
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