Shikhar Dhawan: Team India's veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan has recently decided to retire from domestic cricket including international but in the last decade, Shikhar Dhawan has played a vital role in Team India after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. India) has played an important role in winning most of the matches.
In such a situation, today we are going to tell you about an inning played by Shikhar Dhawan at the beginning of his cricketing career in which Shikhar Dhawan played an inning of 155 runs against a weak team like Scotland.
Shikhar Dhawan played a century innings in the Under 19 World Cup
Shikhar Dhawan participated for India in the Under-19 World Cup held in 2004. Shikhar Dhawan played an inning of 155 runs for Team India in the group stage match against Scotland while batting at a strike rate of 112 on 138 balls. In this innings, Shikhar Dhawan had achieved 66 runs in 16 balls with the help of 15 fours and 1 six only with the help of boundaries.
The condition of the competition was like this
In the group stage match against Scotland, with the help of Shikhar Dhawan's 155 runs, Team India had scored 425 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs of their innings. Apart from Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina from Team India played an inning of 90 runs in 38 balls. Chasing the target of 426 runs, the Scotland team scored only 155 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs of their innings. Due to which Team India won the match by 270 runs.
Such are Shikhar Dhawan's figures at the international level.
Shikhar Dhawan started his career at the international level in the year 2010 with ODI format, but since 2013, Shikhar Dhawan has been playing continuously for Team India. Shikhar Dhawan has scored 2315 runs for Team India in 34 test matches while batting at an average of 40.61. In 167 matches played in ODI format, Dhawan has scored 6793 runs while batting at an average of 44.11. In international cricket, Shikhar Dhawan has recorded 24 centuries and 44 half-centuries.