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Shikhar Dhawan announces retirement from all cricket
Shikhar Dhawan has reported his retirement from worldwide and homegrown cricket with quick impact. The left-hander took to virtual entertainment to call time on his vocation crossing more than 13 years for India, in which he played 34 Tests, 167 ODIs and 68 T20Is scoring 2315, 6793 and 1579 runs separately in the three organizations.
"It means quite a bit to turn the page to push ahead in a story, and throughout everyday life. That is the reason, I'm declaring my retirement from worldwide and homegrown cricket," Dhawan said in his retirement video. "I've told myself to not feel miserable that you won't play for India once more, yet feel glad that you played for the country."
The 38-year-old played his last game for India, an ODI against Bangladesh at Chattogram, in December 2022 while his last T20I was in Sri Lanka in July 2021. Dhawan had not played a Test for India starting around 2018. His last cutthroat appearance was for the Punjab Lords in IPL 2024 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in April following which a physical issue finished his season rashly.
Dhawan expressed gratitude toward his family, his fans for showing him love, his experience growing up mentors alongside the different Indian and IPL groups he has played with during his profession.
Dhawan shot to popularity in the 2004 U-19 World Cup scoring three centuries as he amassed 505 runs. Alongside Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, he was important for a solid Delhi batting request. He became known for serious areas of strength for him game with his exquisite cover drives and cuts. He at last made his presentation for India in the ODI design in 2010 against Australia yet was excused for a duck.
Be that as it may, after three years in Walk 2013, he was given his Test debut against Australia at Mohali however not at all like the ODI debut this was a paramount one. He crushed the quickest Test century on debut, in just 85 conveyances. He kicked on from that point in 2013, fashioning major areas of strength for an organization with Rohit Sharma assuming an instrumental part as India proceeded to lift the Bosses Prize in Britain, scoring 363 runs and two hundreds simultaneously.
Dhawan's 137 against South Africa at the MCG in the 2015 Cricket World Cup was one of his most vital thumps as he assumed any semblance of Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell and Vernon Philander to the cleaners, and came to be known as the person for the ICC occasions. Dhawan began the ICC 2019 World Cup in comparable style, with 100 against Australia, yet a hairline crack on his thumb controlled him out of the remainder of the competition.
In his 222-game IPL vocation, Dhawan scored 6,769 runs and is a one-time title champ with the Sunrisers Hyderabad, in 2016, shaping a critical organization with David Warner. However, the turn of the ten years saw worldwide appearances come rare.
Dhawan likewise captained India in 15 games (12 ODIs and 3 T20Is), and 33 games altogether for two IPL establishments - Punjab Rulers and Sunrisers Hyderabad - across the IPL, and the recent Heroes Association T20. He had a success misfortune record of 8-5 (2 no-results) when he captained India. He drove the side to ODI series wins against Sri Lanka in 2021, and West Indies and South Africa in 2022. Anyway in the establishment competitions, Dhawan battled with the heap of captaining the side, with a success misfortune record of 13 successes to 20 losses.