‘Want to dedicate…’: Ashutosh Sharma, DC’s hero dedicated Player of the Match award to his mentor

Ashutosh dedicated POTM award to Dhawan

Delhi Capitals survived a downfall in their batting lineup, and secured one-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Ashutosh Sharma was the main highlight of the match, as he had come in to bat when the team was at a crucial point of the match, and he played a major role in guiding the team to victory.

Ashutosh played a stunning inning, standing strong and hitting explosive shots across the ground at one side of the crease, while the players on the other side changed. He ended the match with an unbeaten half-century, coming out with 66 runs off 31 balls.

Eventually, Ashutosh was given the Player of the Match award because of his stunning knock, and when he received he award, he dedicated in to his mentor Shikhar Dhawan.

“Took the lessons from last year. Missed out on finishing the game on a couple of occasions in the previous season. The whole year I focussed and visualised about it. Had the belief that if I play till the last over, anything can happen. Well played to Vipraj. I asked him to keep hitting. He was very calm under pressure. Want to dedicate this award to my mentor Shikhar paaji,” said Ashutosh after winning the award during the post-match presentation.

Stunning result for DC after being down and seemingly out for a while. The team will surely cherish this performance from their two unheralded gems and gain a lot of confidence out of it, and will aim to keep this sort of performance throughout the entirety of the tournament.