Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 24, 2024, 10:20 PM
Shikhar Dhawan Retirement: Indian cricket star opener Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket on 24 August, which shocked cricket lovers. Dhawan, popularly known as 'Gabbar', performed brilliantly not only on Indian soil but also on foreign grounds. Dhawan's bat has also been great in the IPL; he is the highest run-scorer after Virat Kohli.Dhawan announced his retirement on social media, in which he made it clear that he will no longer play in the IPL. Punjab Kings paid tribute to his retirement and wished him well. Dhawan played for Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings in the IPL and also won the trophy once. Dhawan, who scored 6768 runs in 222 matches, has had a great IPL career, but now his bat will not be seen in the IPL.Now Dhawan's magic will not be seen in IPLShikhar Dhawan informed all the fans about his retirement by posting a video on the social media platform X. Dhawan made it clear in his video that he is announcing his retirement from domestic cricket along with international cricket. IPL is counted among the domestic T20 tournaments which are also recognized by the ICC as a domestic T20 league. At the same time, after the announcement of Dhawan's retirement, a tweet was also made by the Punjab Kings team, which made the whole picture clear that now Gabbar Shikhar Dhawan's bat will not be seen speaking in the IPL. Punjab Kings posted a video on Dhawan's decision and wrote that Happy retirement to you. We are all eagerly waiting to see the next innings of your life.Shikhar Dhawan played for 5 teams in IPL and won the trophy onceShikhar Dhawan has played for 5 teams in IPL, in which he made his debut for Delhi Capitals (Delhi Daredevils) team in the year 2008, while after that he played for Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and his last IPL season with the Punjab Kings team. Dhawan has scored 6768 runs at an average of 35.07 while batting in 221 innings of 222 IPL matches, in which he has scored 2 centuries and 51 half-centuries and Dhawan's strike rate has been 127.12. In the year 2016, when the Sunrisers Hyderabad team won the IPL title, Dhawan was also a part of the team that season.
𝘈𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘺𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘣𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘪, 𝙈𝙀𝙄𝙉 𝙆𝙃𝙀𝙇𝘼! 🇮🇳🌟#ShikharDhawan #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/wPQuRkH1Xl
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) August 24, 2024