Shikhar Dhawan was born on 5 December 1985 and is an Indian cricketer.
135 Facts About Shikhar Dhawan
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At the 2013 Champions Trophy, 2015 World Cup, and 2017 Champions Trophy, Dhawan was the leading run-scorer for India.
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Shikhar Dhawan became the first player in the history of IPL to score two back-to-back centuries.
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Shikhar Dhawan was awarded the 'Player of the Tournament' for his exploits in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, which he won with his national side.
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Shikhar Dhawan made his One Day International debut against Australia in October 2010 at Visakhapatnam.
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On 14 June 2018, against Afghanistan, Shikhar Dhawan became the sixth batsman, and the first for India, to score a century before lunch on day one of a Test.
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Shikhar Dhawan was born on 5 December 1985 in Delhi, India, to Sunaina and Mahendra Pal Dhawan in a Punjabi Hindu family.
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Shikhar Dhawan completed his schooling at St Mark's Senior Secondary Public School in Meera Bagh, Delhi.
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Shikhar Dhawan was a wicket-keeper when he first joined the club.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 755 runs from 9 innings at an average of 83.88 with two centuries and a top score of 199.
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Shikhar Dhawan was selected in the North Zone Under-16s squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy in February 2001.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 30 and 66 in the semifinal against South Zone.
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Shikhar Dhawan played three games in the tournament averaging 85.
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Shikhar Dhawan was drafted into the Delhi Under-19 team in October 2001, at the age of 15, for the Cooch Behar Trophy.
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In October 2002, Shikhar Dhawan was selected again in the Delhi Under-19 team for the Cooch Behar Trophy in which he made 388 runs from 8 innings at an average of 55.42 including two centuries.
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Shikhar Dhawan was then picked to play for North Zone Under-19s in January 2003 in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 45 and 12 in the semifinal against Central Zone, before top-scoring for his team with 71 in the final on a seaming track in Rohtak against East Zone securing his team an innings-win.
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Shikhar Dhawan played for India in the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh and finished as the leading run-scorer of the tournament scoring a total of 505 runs.
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Shikhar Dhawan's runs came at an average of 84.16, with three centuries and a fifty, and was named Player of the Tournament.
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Shikhar Dhawan finished as Delhi's leading run-getter that Ranji season with a total of 461 runs from 6 matches and a high score of 130, scoring more runs than experienced players in the team like Ajay Jadeja and Aakash Chopra.
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Shikhar Dhawan then scored back-to-back unbeaten hundreds against Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.
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Shikhar Dhawan had scores of 30,40, and 26, unable to convert the starts into big knocks.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 117 for North Zone against Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI in the Duleep Trophy and 65 for Board President's XI in a three-day match against the touring Sri Lankan team.
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Shikhar Dhawan was drafted into the North Zone squad for Deodhar Trophy later that month where he continued to be in good form with scores of 56 against Central Zone, 65 against West Zone, 44 against South Zone and 5 against East Zone.
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Shikhar Dhawan finished as the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 288 runs from 5 matches at an average of 72 including a hundred and two fifties.
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Shikhar Dhawan was made captain of the Delhi team for the Ranji One-day Trophy in February 2007, despite the presence of international players in the lineup such as Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Aakash Chopra and Ashish Nehra.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 161 runs in the tournament at an average of 32.20 with a top score of 46 while Delhi could not progress past the quarterfinals.
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Shikhar Dhawan played for India Red in the Challenger Trophy in October 2009.
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Shikhar Dhawan averaged 48.33 in that tournament which India Red won.
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However, Shikhar Dhawan suffered an injury in the third match which kept him on the sidelines for four weeks He returned to the team during the knockout stage and finished the Ranji season with a total of 451 runs from 6 innings averaging 75.16.
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In February 2010, Shikhar Dhawan played five matches for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and scored the most runs for his team, 327 runs at 81.75, including a century and two fifties, earning himself a spot in the North Zone team for Deodhar Trophy in March.
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Shikhar Dhawan made an unbeaten 85 in the semifinal against East Zone and 48 in the final against West Zone, helping North Zone lift the trophy.
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Shikhar Dhawan was selected in the Rest of India squad to play against the defending Ranji champions Mumbai in the Irani Cup in October 2010.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 83 in the first innings as the Rest of India won by 361 runs.
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Shikhar Dhawan was then selected to play for India Blue in the Challengers Trophy.
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Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed run out for a duck in the first game against India Red before he scored a 121-ball 109 in the second match against India Green.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored a total of 486 runs in 7 matches at an average of 44.18.
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Shikhar Dhawan registered only one hundred in that season, a 149 against Gujarat at Delhi after Gujarat were bowled out for 71 in their first innings.
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The Rest of India went on to win the match by 404 runs, and Shikhar Dhawan was awarded the man of the match for his efforts.
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In June 2012, India A toured West Indies to play 3 four-day matches, 3 List A matches and two T20s against West Indies A, and Shikhar Dhawan was included in India A squad.
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Shikhar Dhawan struggled with the bat in the entire tour, failing to post a single fifty-plus score.
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Shikhar Dhawan averaged 7.50 in the first two four-day matches before getting dropped from the team for the third game.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored a 139-ball 152 in the next match against India B, as India A won by 4 runs.
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Shikhar Dhawan won the man of the match award in the quarterfinal match against West Zone, after scoring 101 and 50.
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Shikhar Dhawan was named the captain of Delhi for the one-off List A match against the touring England team in January 2013.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 110 off 109 balls in Delhi's run-chase of 295, helping Delhi win the match by 6 wickets.
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Shikhar Dhawan was then selected in the Rest of India squad for 2013 Irani Cup match against Mumbai in February 2013.
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In October 2010, the Indian selectors selected a "second string" squad for a three-match ODI series against Australia, in which Shikhar Dhawan was picked in the 14-man squad which was the first occasion he featured in an Indian senior team squad.
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Shikhar Dhawan did not score off the first delivery and was bowled off the second by Clint McKay.
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Shikhar Dhawan had scores of 3,4, and 11 in the other matches he played in the series.
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Shikhar Dhawan was the third-choice opener in the squad which consisted of Test regulars Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay.
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Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed for 187 in the second over of the fourth day, caught by Ed Cowan at silly point off the bowling of Nathan Lyon.
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Shikhar Dhawan did not bat in India's second innings after suffering a hand injury while fielding during the fourth day.
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India went on to win the match by 6 wickets, and Shikhar Dhawan won the man of the match award.
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Shikhar Dhawan missed the fourth Test at Delhi after being ruled out for six weeks due to a fracture in his left hand.
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Shikhar Dhawan made his comeback from injury during the 2013 Indian Premier League in a match for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Chennai Super Kings on 25 April and scored 63 runs from 45 balls.
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Shikhar Dhawan played 10 matches that season and scored 311 runs at an average of 38.87 including three fifties.
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Shikhar Dhawan opened the batting with Rohit Sharma in the tournament and the pair found success.
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Shikhar Dhawan shared an opening partnership of 127 runs with Sharma.
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Shikhar Dhawan's knock was nominated to be one of the best ODI batting performances of the year 2013 by ESPNCricinfo.
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Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 363 runs from 5 matches at an average of 90.75 and a strike rate of over 100, won the Golden Bat award for scoring the most runs in the tournament and was named player of the tournament.
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Shikhar Dhawan was named as part of the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC and Cricinfo.
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Shikhar Dhawan was 5 runs shy of the 7500 mark in T20s before IPL 2020 Match 30.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 135 runs in five games at an average of 27.
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Shikhar Dhawan played all shots today and it was a real treat to watch.
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Shikhar Dhawan continued to be in good form in the triangular series against South Africa A and Australia A Shikhar Dhawan recorded the second-highest List A innings of all time by scoring 248 runs off 150 balls against South Africa A in the last group match of the series at Pretoria, the winner of which would play Australia A in the final.
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Shikhar Dhawan hit so many good shots, it's hard to pick out one that stood out.
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Shikhar Dhawan finished as the highest run-getter of the series, scoring 410 runs at an average of 102.50 and a strike rate of over 135.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored a personal best 32 in the T20I game which India won.
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Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed for 60 in the final match at Bangalore which India won to clinch the series.
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In November 2013, after being unable to convert starts into big knocks in the two-match Test series and the first two ODIs against West Indies, Shikhar Dhawan scored a match-winning 119 off just 95 balls in the series-deciding third ODI at Kanpur and was named player of the match.
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Shikhar Dhawan was named in the ODI XI by Cricinfo for his performances in 2013.
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Shikhar Dhawan continued his poor run, scoring only 13 and 15 in the first match played at New Wanderers Stadium.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 12 and 28 runs in the next two matches before getting dropped for the first time in a year.
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Shikhar Dhawan came back for the last match but made only 9 runs.
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Shikhar Dhawan did not have a great start to 2014 Asia Cup where he made only 28 runs in the first match against Bangladesh but he made 94 runs against Sri Lanka in India's next match.
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Shikhar Dhawan was part of India's 15-man squad for 2014 World T20 where he played 3 matches.
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Shikhar Dhawan played two more matches in the tournament against West Indies and Bangladesh, respectively.
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However, India won all 3 matches but Shikhar Dhawan failed to score big runs and being dropped from the team.
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Shikhar Dhawan was selected in India's 18-man squad to play five Test matches against England.
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Shikhar Dhawan made 12 runs in the first innings and 29 runs in the second.
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Shikhar Dhawan suffered with bad form in the next two matches before returning to form in the 4th match with an unbeaten 97 which included 11 fours and 4 sixes.
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Shikhar Dhawan played the lone T20 where he made 32 runs but India lost the match by 3 runs in the last over.
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Shikhar Dhawan was part of ODI squad where he played in the first match and 68 runs; however, India lost the match while chasing 338 runs.
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Shikhar Dhawan was part of squad announced for first 3 ODIs.
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Shikhar Dhawan made 79 runs off 80 balls in the second match and 91 off 79 in the third match.
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Shikhar Dhawan was rested for remaining 2 matches and was replaced by returning Rohit Sharma.
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Shikhar Dhawan made a comeback into the Test team in 2014 Border-Gavaskar Test series where he played in the first match at Adelaide Oval and made 25 runs in the first inning and 9 runs in the second innings.
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Shikhar Dhawan made 81 runs off 145 in the second innings.
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Shikhar Dhawan was dropped from the last test due to poor form.
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Shikhar Dhawan made scores of 1 and 8 in next two matches before showing some sign of returning to form in the last Match against England, where he made 38 runs and put 83 runs opening stand with Ajinkya Rahane who made 73 runs.
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Shikhar Dhawan made a fifty in the World Cup warm-up match against Australia.
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Shikhar Dhawan had a great start to the 2015 World Cup with a 73 against Pakistan in the first match and was run out.
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Shikhar Dhawan made a hundred against South Africa in next match, scoring 137 off 146 balls which is his second-highest score in ODIs.
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Shikhar Dhawan made 14 runs against UAE and 9 runs against West Indies in India's next two matches of the tournament.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored his second hundred of the tournament in the next match against Ireland which came off just 85 balls.
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In India's next match against Bangladesh in the Quarterfinal, Shikhar Dhawan scored 30 runs off 38 balls and India won the match and advanced to the semifinal where Shikhar Dhawan made 45 runs off 41 balls but India lost the match and failed to qualify for the Final.
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Shikhar Dhawan finished the tournament as the fifth-highest run scorer with 412 runs at an average of 51.50 and strike rate of 91.75.
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Shikhar Dhawan was named in the 'Team of the tournament' by Cricbuzz and a reserve player in the Cricinfo XI.
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Shikhar Dhawan made a comeback into the test side in June 2015 by scoring 173 in the first inning of the only test match against Bangladesh.
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Shikhar Dhawan was named as part of the 'Team of the Tournament' at the 2017 Champions Trophy by the ICC, Cricinfo and Cricbuzz.
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On 10 February 2018 against South Africa Shikhar Dhawan played in his 100th ODI, scored his 13th ODI century and became the first batsman for India to score a century in his 100th ODI.
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Shikhar Dhawan tied with Chris Gayle, Herschelle Gibbs and Sourav Ganguly for most centuries in the Champions Trophy.
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Shikhar Dhawan became the fastest to pass 500 runs in the tournament's history, taking him only 7 matches; becoming the quickest to achieve this milestone in any ICC Major tournament.
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Shikhar Dhawan carried his good form in the ODI series by scoring a century in the first match which India won.
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Shikhar Dhawan was recalled for the 3-match T20I series against Australia.
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Shikhar Dhawan was awarded the player of the series for scoring one half century and a century in the 3-match ODI series.
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Shikhar Dhawan was named in the ODI XI of the year by Cricbuzz.
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On 10 February 2018, against South Africa, Shikhar Dhawan played in his 100th ODI, scored his 13th ODI century and became the first batsman for India to score a century in his 100th ODI.
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On 14 June 2018, Shikhar Dhawan became the only Indian and sixth overall player to score a century before lunch on the first day of a Test match, against Afghanistan in their first ever Test.
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Shikhar Dhawan was named in the ODI and T20 Team of the year 2018 by Cricbuzz.
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On 19 June 2019, the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed that Shikhar Dhawan had been ruled out for the rest of the tournament, with Rishabh Pant confirmed as his replacement.
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In June 2021, Shikhar Dhawan was named India's captain for their ODI and T20I matches against Sri Lanka.
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Later the same month, in the opening game against England, Shikhar Dhawan played in his 150th ODI match.
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Shikhar Dhawan was selected captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team prior to the start of the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
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Shikhar Dhawan was later replaced by Darren Sammy as captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2014 Indian Premier League.
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Shikhar Dhawan was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2017 Indian Premier League.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 479 runs in 14 matches at an average of 36.84 in the tournament.
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Shikhar Dhawan's side were knocked out by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the playoffs.
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Shikhar Dhawan was traded to Delhi Capitals for the 2019 season.
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On 20 October 2020, Shikhar Dhawan became the first batsman in the history of Indian Premier League to score back-to-back hundreds and on the same day, he became the fifth batsman to cross the 5000 runs mark in the Indian Premier League after David Warner.
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Shikhar Dhawan, 34, is the 3rd in the list of top run scorers in IPL 2020.
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Shikhar Dhawan has joined KL Rahul in reaching 600 runs this IPL 2020 edition.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 587 runs in IPL 2021, finishing fourth in the orange cap list.
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On 25 April 2022 in a match against the Chennai Super Kings, Shikhar Dhawan accomplished 2 big milestones.
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Shikhar Dhawan played his 200th match of the Tata IPL and achieved the 6000 run milestone becoming the 2nd player to do so after Virat Kohli.
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Shikhar Dhawan has been announced as the new skipper of Punjab Kings, replacing Mayank Agarwal for the 2023 edition.
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Shikhar Dhawan made his Test debut against Australia at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Chandigarh, in March 2013.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored 187 and became the thirteenth Indian to score a century on Test debut.
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Shikhar Dhawan scored his first ODI century against South Africa at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff in the opening match of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, scoring 114.
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Shikhar Dhawan made his Twenty20 International debut against the West Indies in June 2011 at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain.
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In 2009, Shikhar Dhawan became engaged to Melbourne-based Aesha Mukerji, an amateur kickboxer, who later married in 2012.
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Shikhar Dhawan is 12 years older than Dhawan, and was a mother of two daughters from her previous marriage.
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In July 2019, Shikhar Dhawan listed his family home in Melbourne's outer south-east.
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Shikhar Dhawan lived with his family in Clyde North home since 2015.