NEW DELHI: Opener Shikhar Dhawan, who announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket on Saturday, had the knack of scoring big in ICC tournaments.
Dhawan made his debut under the captaincy of MS Dhoni and blossomed under the leadership of Virat Kohli, who also hails from Delhi and both played domestic cricket together for quite a while.
Dhawan was player of the tournament in ICC Champions Trophy 2013 and played a stellar part in getting India off to a victorious start in 2019 ODI World Cup.
In the match against Australia at The Oval on June 2019, Dhawan smashed a scintillating 117. Dhawan was hit on his left thumb by a Pat Cummins delivery early in his innings. He batted with some discomfort initially before settling down to hit 16 fours in his knock that came off 109 balls.
Dhawan became the fastest ever to complete 1000 ODI runs on English soil during his knock against Australia - 1101 runs in 19 games at an average of 64.76 and at a strike rate of 101.28.
India went on to score 352/5 and bowled out Australia for 316 to win the match by 36 runs.
This was Dhawan's 17th ODI century and overall his third ODI World Cup hundred.
Dhawan's century was India's No. 27 ton - most by any team in World Cup history at that time.
With this century, Dhawan had joined the likes of Pakistan's Ramiz Raza, Australia's Matthew Hayden, West Indies' Vivian Richards, Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya, who had three centuries each in the World Cup.
Apparently, the injury was more serious than it initially looked. While the team came down to Nottingham for the match against New Zealand, the opener was taken to Leeds for scans and to get expert medical advice.
Dhawan was then ruled out of the World Cup and replaced by Rishabh Pant.
Relive the knock here:
1/10:Shikhar Dhawan's Top 10 most impressive stats
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2/10:Shikhar Dhawan
<p>Shikhar Dhawan, a prominent Indian cricketer, announced his retirement from both international and domestic cricket. His career, which began in Delhi, left a significant global impact.<br /><br /><br /></p>Agencies
3/10:Shikhar Dhawan's debut
Dhawan made his debut for India in an ODI against Australia in October 2010 at Visakhapatnam.Agencies
4/10:Under-19 World Cup
Dhawan's talent was evident early on when he emerged as the Player of the Tournament in the 2003-04 Under-19 World Cup, scoring 505 runs at an average of 84.16, including three centuriesAgencies
5/10:Most fours in IPL
Dhawan holds the record for hitting the most fours (768) in the IPL.Agencies
6/10:second most runs in IPL history
<p>With 6769 runs Shikhar Dhawan is currently in second place on the list of batters with the most runs in IPL history.</p>PTI
7/10:400-plus runs in an IPL season nine times
Dhawan aggregated 400-plus runs in an IPL season nine times -- his best season being 2020-21, when he scored 618 runs at an average of 44.14<br /><br />AFP
8/10:first player to score consecutive centuries in IPL
Dhawan holds the record for being the first player to score back-to-back centuries in the Indian Premier League (IPL)Agencies
9/10:Shikhar Dhawan's odi stats
Over 167 ODI matches, Dhawan scored 6,793 runs with an average of 44.1, including 17 centuries and 39 half-centuries, establishing himself as a consistent performer.Agencies
