After two consecutive defeats, Shikhar Dhawan's team has opened its account of victory in the Nepal Premier League. The reason for the first victory of Team Karnali Yaks was Shikhar Dhawan himself, who played the biggest innings of 41 balls. Dhawan's team Karnali Yaks opened its winning account in the league by defeating Chitwan Rhinos in the match played on 6 December. Dhawan, who was impressive in the victory of Karnali Yaks, was also saluted by touching his feet in Nepal a day before this match. The one who touched Dhawan's feet was none other than his own fan, whose hairstyle and look were quite similar to his.

The fan saluted Dhawan by touching his feet

Dhawan's birthday was on 5th September, which was celebrated with great pomp by his fans in Nepal. Meanwhile, one of his crazy fans first cut the cake and fed him, then touched his feet and saluted him. Dhawan himself has shared the video of the birthday celebration in Nepal.

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Dhawan's team won the toss and made the opponent bat first.

Talking about the match, Karnali Yaks won the toss and put Chitwan Rhinos to bat first. Dhawan's team captain Sompal Kami's decision to bowl first paid off. Because, their bowlers dropped 3 wickets of Chitwan Rhinos for just 22 runs. However, after this a half-century partnership was seen for the fourth wicket, which took Chitwan Rhinos to 82 runs. But after that no big partnership was seen happening again. The result was that Chitwan's score stopped at 130 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Dhawan's partnership for the team

Now Karnali Yaks had a target of 131 runs. Shikhar Dhawan came out to open for the team with Dev Khanal. Both of them together added 53 runs for the first wicket. This partnership broke after Dev was out. But Dhawan stood at one end. He also made a half-century partnership for the second wicket, which took the team's score to the threshold of victory.

Won with an innings of 41 balls, included among the highest run scorers

Shikhar Dhawan played a strong innings in 41 balls, which helped the team in opening the winning account. He scored 45 runs on those 41 balls with 1 six and 4 fours. With these 45 runs, Dhawan was the team's top scorer in the match. Apart from this, he also reached second place in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs in Nepal Premier League. Shikhar Dhawan has 131 runs in his name so far in 3 matches played in Nepal Premier League, which includes 6 sixes and 11 fours.