- Mayank Agarwal (69) finally found some runs and in a quick fashion as well in just 36 balls. He now holds the second fastest fifty in this IPL behind his teammate Deepak Hooda. However, he has not been in great form over the last 7 months dating back to last IPL. He has scored only 261 runs in his last 10 innings with just two scored of over 50.
- Punjab Kings (PBKS) have now lost back to back games but this is only their fourth defeat in their last 10 games in IPL.
- Shikhar Dhawan (92) has been dismissed for the first time in the nineties in IPL. He has been unbeaten in the nineties on three occasions.
- Dhawan also went past David Warner and is now third in all time IPL run scorers list with 5383 runs. He is also the second leading scorer of fifties all-time in IPL with 43, behind Warner’s 49.
- Dhawan also has had great success against the Punjab Kings with one hundred and six fifties (including two scores in the nineties) in 25 matches.
- Marcus Stoinis picked the right team to get some form as he has scored 163 runs in 5 innings against PBKS at an average of 81.5.
- Ravichandran Ashwin went wicketless in the game. He has claimed just 1 wicket in his last 5 and 6 wickets in his last 10 IPL games.
- Lukman Meriwala claimed his first wicket on debut of Mayank Agarwal with the PBKS score at 122 in 12.4 overs. Since then PBKS could manage only 73 runs in 7.2 overs without much acceleration towards the end having lost just 4 wickets.
- Four PBKS bowlers feature in the top 10 most runs given in an innings in this IPL including the most and three in the top 4 so far. Shami is now third on this list after giving 53 runs in his 4 overs.
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