Shikhar Dhawan on August 24, announced his retirement from International and Domestic Cricket through social media handle. He has post a video in the social where he announced the retirement.
In December 2022 he played his last international match against Bangladesh in the ODI series for India. He played IPL match in 2024 leading Punjab Kings. He had made 24 hundreds in international match across 269 matches, 17 hundreds in ODI and seven in test matches.
What he said in the video while taking for retirement?
In the 1 minute 17 second video Shikhar said, “Namaskar everyone, today I am standing at a place from where when I look back I see only memories and when I look ahead I see the whole world. I always had one goal in mind that was to play for India and I achieved it thanks to a lot of people. First of all my family, my childhood coach Tarak Sinha and Madan Sharma, under their guidance, I learnt cricket. Then my entire team with whom I played for years, got another family, fame and everyone’s love and support. As it’s said that to move ahead in the story you need to flip over the pages. Hence, I’m also doing that, I’m announcing my retirement from international and domestic cricket,”
He also added, “And now when I’m bidding adieu to my cricketing journey, I have the satisfaction that I played a lot for my country. I’m really thankful to the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and DDCA (Delhi & District Cricket Association) for giving me this opportunity and all of my fans for their love and support. I just say this to myself that don’t be sad that you won’t play for your country again but always be happy that you played for your country. And it’s the biggest achievement for me that I played.”
We will miss him in the cricket stadium now.
About Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan was born in Delhi on 5 December, 1985 in a Punjabi Family. His Father name is Mahendra Paul Dhawan and mother Sunaina Dhawan. He played his first cricket for Delhi under-16 in 1999/00 Vijay Merchant Trophy.
Shikhar Dhawan played for India in 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. In October 2010, Shikhar Dhawan selected for the Indian senior team, for a three-match ODI series against Australia.
On 16th March 2013 he has Shikhar Dhawan registered for the fastest hundred by a player on Test debut off just 85 balls. He also won golden bat award for being the highest run-scorer in both the 2013 and 2017 editions of the Champions Trophy. He is also one of the India’s highest run scorer in the 2015 ODI World cup. Shikhar Dhawan played 34 test, 167 ODI and 68 T20 matches for India. He scored 6793 runs in 167 ODIs match in total, with an average of 44.11 and a strike rate of 91.35, including seven centuries and five half-centuries. In 68 T20Is, he scored 1,759 runs with an average of 27.92 and a strike rate of 126.36, hitting 11 half-centuries. In 34 Test matches, Dhawan scored 2,315 runs with an average of 40.61, including seven centuries and five half-centuries. After retiring from international and domestic cricket, he will continue to play in the Indian Premier League.
