Shikhar Dhawan is known to be a big-match player. The southpaw opener is hailed as ‘Mr. ICC’ for his performances in multi-nation events. Dhawan has an exceptional record in limited-over cricket. He has been India’s top scorer in five big tournaments (the Champions Trophy in 2013 and 2017, the World Cup 2015 and the Asia Cup in 2014 and 2018). So, let’s check out what are Shikhar Dhawan’s stats in the ODI Asia Cup, with the Asia Cup 2023 starting in just a week:
Shikhar Dhawan stats in Asia Cup
The veteran opener ranks 17th on the all-time run-scorer list of the ODI Asia Cup despite playing just two editions (2014 and 2018). Dhawan is also ranked 4th highest run scorer amongst active players.
The left-hander has an exceptional record in the multi-nation event. He ended up being the highest run scorer for India in both 2014 and 2018.
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He has an incredible average of 59.33 in 9 matches. The left-hander scored 192 runs in the 2014 edition and 342 runs in the last edition.
With two centuries and two fifties to his name, the batter scored 50 or more runs in every other game in the Asia Cup.
Shikhar Dhawan’s record in multi-nation events
| Multi-nation Tournaments | No. of Matches | Runs | Average | Centuries |
| Champions Trophy 2013 | 5 | 363 | 90.75 | 2 |
| Asia Cup 2014 | 4 | 192 | 42 | – |
| World Cup 2015 | 8 | 412 | 51.50 | 2 |
| Champions Trophy 2017 | 5 | 338 | 67.60 | 1 |
| Asia Cup 2018 | 5 | 342 | 68.40 | 2 |
| World Cup 2019 | 2 | 125 | 62.50 | 1 |
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