Picking up where I left off, the news that comes as the biggest shock to the cricket fraternity is that Shikhar Dhawan has announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket after having a brilliant international career and forming a great opening partnership with Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Indian cricket team.
This cricketer was known as “The Ultimate Jatt.” Shikhar Dhawan will be remembered as the Jatt who gave his best to the Indian team and was a backbone in the one-day squad, especially during the multi-nation tourneys.
Rohit Sharma, Dhawan’s opening partner for years, took to social media to mourn the death of his friend and fellow cricketer. He said cricket became very easy with Dhawan standing on the other end and shared a number of good memories with him.
Dhawan, a left-hander, was able to write his name in cricket history by scoring 6,793 runs in his 167 innings of one-day internationals at a strike rate of 93. 9 and an average of 44. 1. This success was not only limited to the international level; he was equally successful at the domestic level as well, which made him an important and unbeatable part of the Indian line-up of batsmen.
Dhawan departs the stage as one of the most remarkable cricket players of all time and joins the rankings of true ambassadors of the game as a legend and a sportsman who influenced the game and society.
