PBKS pacer Rishi Dhawan spotted in unique face mask

PBKS pacer Rishi Dhawan spotted in unique face mask

Rishi Dhawan

10 teams are battling out for the IPL 2022 trophy this season. The race for the play-offs are on as the 15th instalment of the IPL is commencing. The Punjab Kings take on the four-time winners and defending champions Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium Mumbai on Monday evening.

Chennai won the toss and the new Chennai Captain Ravindra Jadeja chose to field first. Shikhar Dhawan remained 88 not out As Punjab accumulated a total of 187 for the loss of 4 wickets after 20 overs. Robin Uthappa who has been in red hot form departed early in the innings thanks to a devastating early spell from the Punjab bowlers. Everything in the match was going normally, and then Rishi Dhawan was called to bowl.

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Twitter reacts at Rishi Dhawan’s unique face mask

Rishi Dhawan

Rabada and Sandeep Sharma bowled two overs each in the first power play. The Punjab skipper gave the ball To Rishi Dhawan to let him bowl the fifth over of the match. It seemed as a strange sight as the van was spotted wearing a unique face mask while bowling. The mask which he had wore covered his upper face and his nose completely and it was transparent.

Rishi Dhawan has bowled three overs and conceded 24 runs taking one wicket at an economy of eight runs an over. Dhawan took the wicket of in-form CSK all-rounder Shivam Dubey who has been smashing all around the park this IPL. Dubey departed for eight runs before losing his wicket to Rishi.

Some of the reactions from the fans:

Currently, the Chennai Super Kings need 47 runs off 24 balls with Ravindra Jadeja and Ambati Rayudu on strike. Rayudu is unbeaten with 75 runs off 33 balls at the time of writing the article.

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