IND vs WI: Shikhar Dhawan ODI place – India stand-in-captain Shikhar Dhawan grabbed eyeballs as his majestic 97 in the first ODI against West Indies helped India beat the hosts by three runs. While most cricket experts appreciated the southpaw’s knock which came off 99 balls, cricketer-turn-expert Ajay Jadeja is unimpressed with the skipper’s slow batting. Not too long ago, India’s all-format skipper Rohit Sharma made things clear that the side will play an aggressive brand of cricket with the bat in hand. Dhawan’s slow innings in the 1st ODI has now made Jadeja question whether he is in Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma’s long-term plans in ODI cricket. Follow IND vs WI Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
- Dhawan scored his 97 runs at a strike rate of 97.98.
- At the other end, Shubhman Gill scored his 64 runs at a strike rate of 120.75.
- Dhawan got out in the 34th over but he could not accelerate in the latter stages of the innings also.
IND vs WI: Shikhar Dhawan in Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma plans? Ex-batter Ajay Jadeja says Dhawan’s slow batting does not belong to ‘Rohit’s aggressive brand of cricket’
Shikhar Dhawan ODI Place: Why Ajay Jadeja feels Dhawan does not belong to Rohit’s aggressive brand of cricket?
Jadeja is baffled that Dhawan is named the captain and is being part of the ODI team. It is to be noted that the southpaw is out of favor in Test and T20 format. He was not part of the team during the T20 World Cup 2021. He was also made the captain during the ongoing ODI series against West Indies because eight of the regular member of the team are not part of the ODI series. With Dhawan being on and of the side and batting slow, Jadeja has questioned his selection in the team.
“If you get a weak bowling attack that what else can be better than that,” Jadeja said on Dhawan’s 97 before he continued saying, “Regarding Shikhar Dhawan, I am totally confused. What is he doing here? 6 months back he was dropped. India moved on to KL Rahul and some of the younger players. Then suddenly he was made the captain of the Sri Lanka tour last year. Then again he was left out, then was taken to England. So what are they thinking? And if he is part of India’s thought process then captain Rohit Sharma said that we will play an aggressive brand of cricket. He is definitely not part of it.”
IND vs WI: Shikhar Dhawan in Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma plans? Ex-batter Ajay Jadeja says Dhawan’s slow batting does not belong to ‘Rohit’s aggressive brand of cricket’
IND vs WI: Shikhar Dhawan’s timeline of the matches since the 2019 World Cup
- Shikhar Dhawan was not part of the England series played in 2021 at home as KL Rahul was preferred.
- He later went on to play IPL in 2021 and later was asked to lead the ODI squad for three-match series against Sri Lanka.
- Dhawan was also not part of the away tour of the South Africa ODI series in 2022
- The southpaw was also left out of for the home series of West Indies and Sri Lanka
- Dhawan however was part of the England series as KL Rahul was out of action for two months due to a groin injury.
- Since the 2019 World Cup, Dhawan has played 20 ODI matches scoring 904 runs
- Dhawan only has played 4 T20Is in 2021 scoring just 90 runs
IND vs WI: Shikhar Dhawan in Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma plans? Ex-batter Ajay Jadeja says Dhawan’s slow batting does not belong to ‘Rohit’s aggressive brand of cricket’
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