Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirment from all forms of cricket to bring the curtains down on a successful career that saw him making 269 international appearances across the three formats, and fans and fellow cricketers showered their love on the left-handed batsman in response to the video he posted on X to share his decision.
"As I close this chapter of my cricketing journey, I carry with me countless memories and gratitude. Thank you for the love and support! Jai Hind!" Dhawan captioned his video post.
Dhawan was part of the Indian team that won the ICC Champions Trohpy under MS Dhoni in 2013. However, he didn't make it to the squads that won the 2011 World Cup and the more recent T20 World Cup earlier this year.
WATCH DHAWAN ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT
Dhawan played 34 Tests, scoring 2315 runs at an average of 40.61, including 7 hundreds and 5 fifties. In white-ball internationals, the southpaw played 167 ODIs and 68 T20Is, scoring 6793 and 1759 runs respectively. He averaged 44.11 in ODIs and 27.92 in T20Is.
Dhawan's tally of centuries in limited-overs internationals totalled 17 -- all in ODIs. Besides that, he scored 39 ODI fifties and 5 in T20Is.
HERE'S HOW THE FANS REACTED TO DHAWAN'S DECISION
Representing Delhi, Dhawan featured in 122 first-class matches and scored 8499 runs at an average of 44.26, including 25 hundreds and 29 fifties.
He played over 300 matches each in domestice white-ball cricket, 302 in List A and 334 in T20 cricket, scoring 12074 and 9797 runs respectively.
