Star India opener Shikhar Dhawan has announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket. ‘Gabbar’ took to social media platform X on Saturday morning to inform his fans that he was retiring from all formats of the game. Dhawan, who is Punjab Kings captain in IPL, thanked his coaches and teammates as he bid adieu to the game.
Shikhar Dhawan announces retirement
In a video, an emotional Dhawan says that it was his dream come true to play for India and that now it was time for him to move on. He thanked his family, childhood coaches, the BCCI and the DDCA for their support.
A veteran across all formats of the game, Shikhar Dhawan was easily one of the best openers India had produced. The duo of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have terrorized the opposition bowlers with their hand-in-hand chemistry in the middle.
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In 167 ODIs, Dhawan has amassed 6793 runs with 17 hundreds and 35 fifties to his name. The southpaw has 8499 runs from 122 first-class games as well. He played his last ODI for India in 2022 against Bangladesh. While his last T20I appearance came in 2021, his Test career was done long before in 2018.
| Format | Runs |
| Tests | 2315 |
| ODIs | 6793 |
| T20Is | 1759 |
| First-Class | 8499 |
| T20s | 9797 |
