Shikhar Dhawan: Former Indian cricket team cricketer Shikhar Dhawan recently announced his retirement from international cricket. After this, he decided to play in the Legends League Cricket (LLC). After this, he joined the Gujarat Greats team. Former Team India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan took part in the match played between Gujarat Greats and Southern Super Stars.

Shikhar Dhawan hit a half century in LLC

Gujarat Greats captain Shikhar Dhawan looked in form while playing against Southern Superstars at Jodhpur's Barkatullah Khan Stadium on 23 September. This was only the second match of the tournament for Dhawan, who recently retired from all forms of domestic and international cricket. In this match, he played a brilliant half-century innings. However, this innings was quite slow and due to this his team had to face defeat.

Shikhar Dhawan scored 52 runs facing 48 balls

Batting first, Gujarat had set a target of 145 runs for Shikhar Dhawan's Southern team. Chasing the target, Dhawan gave them a blazing start and scored his first 25 runs in just 12 balls. Before Morne van Wyk was out for 15 runs, Dhawan and Morne van Wyk shared a 63-run partnership in 43 balls. After this, Dhawan's innings slowed down and he played 48 balls to score 52 runs for the team.

Dhawan's team had to face defeat

Despite Dhawan's half-century, Gujarat Greats had to face defeat. Except Dhawan, no batsman could play an impressive innings and the Greats scored 118/9 in 20 overs, which fell 26 runs behind the total score of Southern Superstars. As far as the winning team is concerned, they were invited to bat first by Dhawan and Co., but Chaturanga de Silva's innings helped them reach a respectable score. The left-handed batsman played a key role in the team's victory by scoring 53 runs in 28 balls.