SportzPics. Shikhar Dhawan registered his 39th IPL fifty in IPL 2020. IPL 2020: Delhi Capitals batsman Shikhar Dhawan smashed his 2nd century of the season against Kings XI Punjabi in Dubai. KXIP's bowling unit pulled things back in the death overs to restrict DC to a below-par 164 for five. Can Shikhar Dhawan record his first T20 hundred in IPL 2020? Delhi Capitals (DC) opener Shikhar Dhawan scored his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) century during his side's five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Shikhar Dhawan made history by becoming the first batsman to get back-to-back centuries in the IPL. IPL 2020: Shikhar Dhawan's maiden century helps DC clinch five-wicket win over CSK Press Trust of India. As a result, Dhawan is now at the fourth position in IPL… Delhi Capitals opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan obliterated the Kings XI Punjab bowling assault in Dubai on Tuesday, recording his second century in IPL 2020. Back to back 100s for @SDhawan25 He is the first player to have consecutive centuries in IPL.Take a bow, Gabb… https://t.co/7dwjijmIID, 5000* runs for @SDhawan25 in IPL.He is the 5th player to reach the milestone and 4th Indian to achieve this feat.… https://t.co/4m9gQ3IClL, Gabbar ke taap se tumhe ek hi aadmi bacha sakta hai. "Took a long time to sink in. Meanwhile, Dhawan held his end and kept on scoring boundaries to ease off the pressure. Sign up for a weekly curated briefing of the most important strategic affairs stories from across the world. Star Sports' Sanjog Gupta talks on the journey of how India's biggest sports broadcaster innovated and reimagined its functioning to continue production and distribution of sporting content during the COVID-19 pandemic. Khud Gabbar @SDhawan25 becomes the first playe… https://t.co/kTTfvplCpv, The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News, Copyright © 2021 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Tushar leaked runs but that happens to the best of us. There is a streak of consistency in Dhawan’s form this 2020 IPL. In […] IPL 2020, DC vs CSK: Shikhar Dhawan reached his maiden IPL century off 57 balls by taking a single on the last delivery of the penultimate over. He unsettled Maxwell with a slog sweep for six over mid-wicket in the first over. Sharjah: Shikhar Dhawan smashed his maiden IPL century and Axar Patel whacked three sixes in the final over to help Delhi Capitals defeat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by five wickets here at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Dhawan has been in fine touch in this year's edition and has scored an impressive 359 runs from 9 matches. Rahul said it was important to back the Australian. The 34-year-old southpaw began from where he had left against Chennai Super Kings. IPL 2020: Shikhar Dhawan's record-setting century goes in vain as Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi Capitals This is not going to put us down." Prior to this year's cash-rich league, the left-hander opened up on his Test career, where he was last seen during India's tour of England in 2018. "I feel that we fell around 10 runs short, but we got a lot of learnings from this game. Prior to this year's cash-rich league, the left-hander opened up on his Test career, where he was last seen during India's tour of England in 2018. He has only two single-digit scores – 0 and 5. IPL 2020: Sanjay Manjrekar heaped praise on Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan and said he has seen very few batsmen as resilient as the DC left-hander. He formed another important partnership of 43 runs with Marcus Stoinis (24) before Shardul Thakur removed Stoinis in the 16th over.. IPL 2020: With century against CSK, Shikhar Dhawan shows he has enough fire for his international spot Every Indian Premier League season has a strict undertone about it.