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Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan is a stylish and aggressive left-handed opening batsman and can also bowl right-arm off break. Dhawan, who was born in Delhi, plays for the India national cricket team. He also represents Delhi in domestic tournaments and plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Dhawan is married to Ayesha Mukherjee.

Shikhar Dhawan

India vs West Indies: Mayank Agarwal likely to replace Shikhar Dhawan in ODIs
Cricket | Dec 10, 2019, 10:08 PM IST
India's Test opener Mayank Agarwal could replace Shikhar Dhawan in the three-match ODI series against West Indies, which begins on December 15.
Look beyond Dhawan, back Rahul as T20I opener: Srikkanth
Cricket | Dec 06, 2019, 04:28 PM IST
In 2019, Shikhar Dhawan has not been at his best and has scored 272 runs in the 12 T20Is he played for India.
India vs West Indies, T20Is: Best chance for KL Rahul to seal opening spot for World T20
Cricket | Dec 06, 2019, 11:43 AM IST
After a decent campaign against Bangladesh, Rahul continued with his form in T20s, amassing 313 runs in eight matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament at an average of 52.16 and strike rate of 155.72.

Happy birthday Gabbar: Shikhar Dhawan turns 34, wishes pour in
Cricket | Dec 05, 2019, 10:00 AM IST
Born in 1985 in Delhi, Dhawan or better known as the Gabbar of Indian cricket team has long been India's mainstay opener in the limited-overs squad
India vs West Indies: Sanju Samson replaces injured Shikhar Dhawan for T20I series
Cricket | Nov 27, 2019, 12:31 PM IST
Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson has replaced Shikhar Dhawan for the three-match T20I series against West Indies.
Shikhar Dhawan ruled out of West Indies series with injury: Reports
Cricket | Nov 27, 2019, 09:59 AM IST
India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan suffered from a knee injury during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Maharashtra.

Shikhar Dhawan brings smile at hospital, Hardik Pandya takes funny dig
Cricket | Nov 22, 2019, 08:26 AM IST
During a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 game, Shikhar Dhawan had suffered a cut in his knee and was taken to a hospital where he clicked selfies with the hospital staffs.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Focus on Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw in Super League stage
Cricket | Nov 20, 2019, 06:24 PM IST
The focus will be on out-of-form opener Dhawan, who has not had a great run in recent times as well as Shaw, who recently returned to competitive cricket after serving an eight-month ban for a doping violation.
IND vs WI: Rohit in line to be rested, Dhawan's spot under scanner in limited-overs squad
Cricket | Nov 20, 2019, 01:42 PM IST
Rohit Sharma's workload management will be looked at while Shikhar Dhawan's place could be under pressure after a string of low scores in domestic cricket.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Dhawan fails again but Delhi beat Jharkhand by 9 runs
Cricket | Nov 15, 2019, 07:52 PM IST
India opener Dhawan once again flopped, making just nine runs before being dismissed LBW by Utkarsh Singh. The left-hander was out for a duck against Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Shikhar Dhawan's misery continues, dismissed for duck
Cricket | Nov 14, 2019, 06:41 PM IST
Shikhar Dhawan's misery continued in his domestic outing for Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Important to play an attacking game as opener in T20s: Shikhar Dhawan
Cricket | Nov 13, 2019, 07:12 PM IST
Dhawan said that even as every team and every individual is playing with an eye on World T20, he doesn't really have any special plan.

Is it time for India to look beyond Shikhar Dhawan as T20I opener?
Cricket | Nov 12, 2019, 06:25 PM IST
In the 12 times he batted in 2019, Dhawan managed just 272 runs at 22.66 and a strike rate of just 110.56.
3rd T20I: India aim to quash Bangladesh's hope of series-win in Nagpur
Cricket | Nov 09, 2019, 06:32 PM IST
Bangladesh started their campaign with a seven-wicket win over the young Indian brigade in Delhi and set their sights on a historic series win.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar trolls 'Bala' Shikhar Dhawan for mimicking Akshay Kumar
Cricket | Nov 09, 2019, 10:33 AM IST
Shikhar Dhawan took to Instagram to share a video where he, Yuzvendra Chahal and Khaleel Ahmed can be seen recreating a scene from recently released Bollywood movie "Housefull 4" starring Akshay Kumar.

India vs Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan script world record after Rajkot T20I
Cricket | Nov 08, 2019, 01:16 PM IST
With a sensational and blazing 85, Rohit Sharma, India's stand-in skipper for the series at home, helped India script an emphatic eight-wicket win and subsequently level the series at 1-1.
India vs Bangladesh: Mahmudullah hopes to plan better for series decider in Nagpur
Cricket | Nov 08, 2019, 09:26 AM IST
Chasing a modest 154 for victory, Rohit Sharma looked in his imperious best from the get-go as he hit six fours and six sixes to take the tie away from the visitors single-handedly.
Shikhar Dhawan, Krunal Pandya pose with fans after Rajkot win. Watch
Cricket | Nov 08, 2019, 08:53 AM IST
India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the second T20I in Rajkot and Shikhar Dhawan thanked the fans after the game for their support.
Hit-Man's 'Maha' Show: Rohit guides India to series-equalling win in his 100th T20I
Cricket | Nov 07, 2019, 10:59 PM IST
Such was Rohit's dominance during the 118-run opening stand that it managed to overshadow Shikhar Dhawan's (31 off 27 balls) wretched form.
People will talk if Shikhar Dhawan fails to rediscover form: Sunil Gavaskar
Cricket | Nov 05, 2019, 03:24 PM IST
Sunil Gavaskar said that people will start to talk if Shikhar Dhawan fails to rediscover his form in the last two games against Bangladesh.