Hardik Pandya or Shikhar Dhawan are in line to take over the captaincy duties in the 5-match T20 series vs South Africa, as many senior players are set to be rested
In the same match, Shikhar Dhawan came to open the innings and scored a half-century in style by smashing the ball for four
Shikhar Dhawan is leading an IPL side after eight years. He last captained Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2014.
Dhawan holds the record of hitting the most boundaries (660) in IPL's history.
Shikhar Dhawan became the first player to be sold on day one of the IPL mega auction being held in Bengaluru. Shikhar was acquired by Preity Zinta's Punjab Kings for ₹8.25 crore.
The Chandigarh-based franchise roped in the veteran opener after a bidding battle with Delhi Capitals.
Team India will have a training session on Tuesday evening and both Dhawan and Iyer are set to be a part of that session.
Before Raj Bawa stormy innings of 162 against Uganda in the Under 19 World Cup, Dhawan had the record of scoring the most runs in an innings at 155 in 2004.
There were lot of talks about Dhawan's poor form in domestic cricket but as it has been with the 36-year-old, he was back with a bang in his favourite blue shirt with a top-score of 79 off 84 balls, in the first ODI against South Africa.
While Shikhar Dhawan played the tune of Hoton Se Chhulo Tum sung by the late and legendary singer Jagjit Singh on the flute, Prithvi is seen rapping Apna Time Aayega. Show host Kapil Sharma and the studio audience is left amazed at their talent in music.
Shikhar Dhawan took to his Instagram handle and shared a video in which he can be seen lip-syncing a famous dialogue from Allu Arjun's Pushpa. Sharing the video, he wrote, "Gabbar [holding hands emoji] Pushpa (sic)." Allu Arjun replied to Dhawan's post and wrote, "Hello Gabbar," with a bunch of fire emojis.
BCCI has announced Rohit Sharma as the next captain of the ODI side, the squad for the series is yet to be finalised.
After being presented the Arjuna Award, Indian batter Shikhar Dhawan took to social media to thank everyone who supported him in his journey, including his family, friends, and the national cricket board (BCCI).
Indian captain Virat Kohli on Monday posted a video mimicking the batting style of opening batter Shikhar Dhawan.
Dhawan became the first batsman this season to reach 400 runs. He has now amassed 413 runs in nine matches at 59 with a strike rate of 132.37, laced with two half-centuries.
Iyer had missed the first leg of the IPL after suffering a shoulder injury during the first ODI between India and England in March.
Despite being among India's highest wicket-taker in the international format and in T20 World Cups, Ashwin was never in the reckoning for the 2021 edition until the injury of Washington Sundar.
Dhawan had captained India in the limited overs series in Sri Lanka in July but hasn't been included in the T20 World Cup squad.
Shikhar and Ayesha had got engaged way back in 2009, but Dhawan postponed the wedding by three years as he wanted to cement his place in the Indian team before taking the plunge.
Dhawan revealed that India had the option of not playing the remaining two games after losing nine players to COVID-19 related isolation but they chose the difficult route of playing with only five specialist batsmen.
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