Shaw smacked 11 fours and 3 sixes during his blitzkrieg that also included six fours in the very first over bowled by KKR pacer Shivam Mavi as DC crossed the finish line with 21 balls to spare.
Batting first, the Knights could only manage to put up 154-6 in 20 overs with Andre Russell and Shubman Gill scoring 45 and 43 respectively. The rest of the KKR batsmen failed to make their presence felt on the field with captain Eoin Morgan getting out for a duck.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 154/6 in 20 overs (Andre Russell 45 not out, Shubman Gill 43; Lalit Yadav 2-13, Axar Patel 2-32) lost to Delhi Capitals 156/3 in 16.3 overs (Prithvi Shaw 82, Shikhar Dhawan 46; Pat Cummins 3-24) by 7 wickets.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
We can all applaud young️ who has an impact as soon as they play at the highest level & we should. However when one of those stars fall from such heights but find a way back to the top, that shows resilience, the key ingredient!! Glad to see @PrithviShaw in runs again #DCvKKR
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) April 29, 2021
What an innings by @PrithviShawcongratulations ? @DelhiCapitals
Hard luck! @KKRiders#DCvKKR
— Eesha Rebba (@YoursEesha) April 29, 2021
@PrithviShaw showing some class here…never once did he overhit the ball#DCvKKR
— R SRIDHAR (@coach_rsridhar) April 29, 2021
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