WATCH: Shikhar Dhawan Gives An Exasperated Look After Rishabh Pant Misses A Dhoni-Like Flick For Run Out

Nicholas Pooran took full advantage of the second life he got and started scoring runs quickly. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his fiery half-century innings. Pooran was dismissed by Rabada later but by then, he had done half the work for Punjab.

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Kings XI Punjab defeated Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets in their 38th match of IPL 2020. With the thrilling win, Punjab kept alive their hopes of reaching the IPL 2020 playoffs. Kings XI Punjab was given a target of 165 runs by Delhi Capitals, which the KL Rahul-led men achieved by losing 5 wickets in 19 overs.

While Punjab won the match by a half-century from Nicholas Pooran, Chris Gayle's stormy innings won the hearts of the fans. Pooran was dismissed for 53 runs off 28 balls. During the match, there was a time when Punjab faced a major collapse by losing quick wickets, but after Pooran, Glenn Maxwell steadied his team's sinking ship to power them to a 5-wicket win.

WATCH: Shikhar Dhawan's Angry Reaction After Rishabh Pant Fails To Get Nicholas Pooran Run-Out

Nicholas Pooran was batting only on 10 runs, when he was narrowly saved from getting run-out. In the 8th over of Punjab's innings, Pooran played a soft stroke towards the off-side off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin and wanted to steal a quick single. Pooran came out of his crease but seeing Dhawan picking the ball, he started returning back but DC's Shikhar Dhawan pounced fast on the ball and delivered a fiery throw towards wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant.

Dhawan's throw was slightly away from the wicket-keeper Pant, in such a situation, he caught the ball and tried to hit the stump by throwing the ball towards the stumps exactly in the style of Dhoni, but the ball did not hit the stumps, which prevented Nicholas Pooran from being run out.

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Nicholas Pooran took full advantage of the second life he got and started scoring runs quickly. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his fiery half-century innings. Pooran was dismissed by Rabada later but by then, he had done half the work for Punjab.

Shikhar Dhawan Ton Goes In Vain After Kings XI Punjab Beats Delhi Capitals By Five Wickets 

Earlier, with an unbeaten 106 off 61 balls from an in-form Shikhar Dhawan, Delhi won the toss and scored 164 for five wickets. Dhawan hit 12 fours and three sixes but apart from him no other batsman managed to score even 20 runs.