“India’s most reliable opener….”- Virat wrote his heart out on Shikhar Dhawan’s retirement
Shikhar Dhawan And Virat (Image Credit- Instagram) Team India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan retired from international and domestic cricket on Saturday, August 24. As soon as Dhawan announced his retirement, everyone on social media is wishing him all the best for starting his next innings. Now a day after Dhawan’s retirement, Virat Kohli has written an emotional post for him. Calling Dhawan India’s most reliable opener, Virat Kohli wrote that your passion for the game, your sportsmanship and your special smile will always be missed, but your legacy will live on forever. This post of Virat is becoming very viral on social media and fans are giving their reactions on it. Virat Kohli wrote a special thing for Shikhar Dhawan Virat Kohli wrote on the post, ‘Shikhar Dhawan, from your fearless debut to becoming India’s most reliable opener, you have given us countless memories. Your passion for the game, your sportsmanship and your special smile will always be missed, but your legacy will live on forever. Thank you for the memories, unforgettable performances and always leading with all your heart. Off the field, all the best for your next innings Gabbar!’ Shikhar @SDhawan25 from your fearless debut to becoming one of India’s most dependable openers, you’ve given us countless memories to cherish. Your passion for the game, your sportsmanship and your trademark smile will be missed, but your legacy lives on. Thank you for the… — Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 25, 2024 Shikhar Dhawan shared the video Dhawan played his last match for India in the ODI format in December 2022, after which he was constantly out of the team. Announcing his retirement, Shikhar Dhawan posted a video on Instagram, with which he wrote, “I am ending this chapter of my cricket journey, I am taking with me countless memories and gratitude. Thank you for the love and support! Jai Hind!” Dhawan is seen saying in the video, ‘Hello everyone! Today I am standing at such a point from where when I look back, I see only memories and when I look forward, I see a whole world. I always had only one goal, to play for Team India and that happened. For which I am thankful to many people. First of all my family…my childhood coach Tarak Sinha ji…Madan Sharma ji under whom I learned cricket.’
5 Big Records of Shikhar Dhawan: Five big records of Dhawan’s career, one that even Sachin and Virat could not achieve
Today Shikhar Dhawan retired from international cricket. Shikhar Dhawan and MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter) 5 Big Records of Shikhar Dhawan: Team India’s explosive opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket on Saturday. He announced his retirement by sharing an emotional video on social media early in the morning of 24 August. Dhawan, popularly known as ‘Gabbar’, was out of the Indian team for a long time. He played his last international match in December 2022. He made his debut in 2010. The left-handed batsman had a great career. He played 34 Tests, 167 ODIs and 68 T20 International matches. During this time, he made many records to his name. There are some records that even Sachin and Virat could not make to their name. Let us tell you about 5 amazing records that added to the glory of Dhawan’s brilliant career. 5 Big Records of Shikhar Dhawan Five big records of Shikhar Dhawan’s career Fastest century on Test debut Shikhar Dhawan is the fastest batsman to score a century in a debut Test match. He played his first Test in March 2013 and tore apart the Australian bowlers that day. He completed his century in just 85 balls. This is a world record which no one has been able to break even today. He scored a total of 7 centuries in Tests. He was last seen playing in the longest format in 2018. Most runs in Champions Trophy ‘Gabbar’ has scored a lot of runs in the ICC Champions Trophy. He won the Golden Bat in the 2013 and 2017 Champions Trophy. Dhawan is the highest run scorer for India in the Champions Trophy. He scored 701 runs in just 10 matches, which includes three centuries and three half-centuries. He is third in the overall list. Chris Gayle (791) is at the top. Virat Kohli (11th place) and Sachin Tendulkar (20th place) are far behind in the list. Kohli scored 529 runs in 13 matches while Sachin scored 441 runs in 16 matches. Century in 100th ODI match Shikhar Dhawan is the only Indian batsman to score a century in his 100th ODI match. He achieved this feat against South Africa in February 2018. Dhawan then scored 109 runs in 105 balls with 10 fours and 2 sixes in Johannesburg. However, Team India had to face defeat by five wickets. Even Sachin and Virat could not make this record in their name. Most innings in the nervous nineties Dhawan is second in the list of Indian players who have played innings of 90 plus runs the most number of times in ODIs. He played the nervous nineties innings seven times. He fell victim to nervous nineties six times and remained unbeaten once. Sachin, on the other hand, fell victim to nervous nineties the most number of times not only from India but in the world. He did this 18 times in 463 ODIs. He got out in nervous nineties 17 times and returned unbeaten once. Highest score in first test Shikhar Dhawan scored…
BBL 2023-24: Looks like Nikhil Chaudhary is Shikhar Dhawan’s biggest fan, did a great celebration after taking the first wicket of the tournament.
In this match, Hobart Hurricanes defeated Sydney Thunder by 7 wickets. Nikhil Chaudhary (Pic Source-Twitter) The 21st match of Big Bash League 2023-24 was played today i.e. on 1 January 2024. This match was played between Sydney Thunder and Hobart Hurricanes. In this match, Hobart Hurricanes defeated Sydney Thunder by 7 wickets. However, during the match, India’s Nikhil Chaudhary did a Jatt-Gabru celebration after taking his first wicket of this tournament. This celebration is similar to what experienced Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan does after catching the catch. He did this celebration after taking the wicket of Sydney Thunder opener Cameron Bancroft. Not only this, Nikhil Chaudhary also made Nathan McAndrew his victim. In this match, he took two wickets for 26 runs in four overs. Many people liked his celebration. During this match, Nikhil Chaudhary also caught Daniel Sems but this ball of Nathan Ellis was a no ball. Here’s the video: Nikhil Chaudhary, the second Indian-born BBL player, has his first wicket! This man has a big future in the competition. #BBL13 pic.twitter.com/wHctiTEmRt — 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) January 1, 2024 Talking about the match, Sydney Thunder, batting first, scored 150 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. In this match, for Sydney Thunder, captain Chris Green played an excellent inning of 33* runs in 17 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six, while Daniel Sems contributed 25 runs in 21 balls with the help of three fours. Apart from Nikhil Chaudhary, Chris Jordan and Patrick Dooley took 2-2 wickets for Hobart Hurricanes. Captain Nathan Ellis took one wicket. Hobart achieved the target of 151 runs with the loss of three wickets and 11 balls remaining. In this match, all the players from Hobart team performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. For Hobart Hurricanes, Ben McDermott played the match-winning innings of 53* runs in 34 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, Macalister Wright made an important contribution of 34 runs in 25 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes. It was very important for Hobart Hurricanes to win this match and they did just that. This is the second victory of the Hobart team this season. Whereas Sydney Thunder has so far won one out of six matches while they have faced defeat in four. 7 big pictures of the year 2023 which made headlines 5 bowlers who will take the most wickets in test cricket in the year 2023 5 big cricketers who will retire from international cricket in 2023 5 Indian bowlers who have taken 500 wickets in the fewest innings in international cricket 4 South African opening batsmen who have scored 50+ scores most times in Test cricket Best playing 11 of the year 2023 5 batsmen who have scored the most centuries in test cricket away from home (active players) 5 Indian players who have scored the most runs in Tests against South Africa (Active Players) 6 Indian batsmen who scored centuries in…