Shikhar Dhawan’s Retirement: Indian cricket’s legendary batsman Shikhar Dhawan has retired from international cricket and domestic cricket. 38-year-old Dhawan was out of Team India for a long time. He played his last Test in 2018, last ODI in 2022 and last T20 International match in 2021. However, Dhawan is known as Mr. ICC.
Shikhar Dhawan will no longer be seen playing in the IPL. He has said goodbye to all forms of cricket. Announcing his retirement, Dhawan said, “I had only one goal in life, to play for India. I was successful in achieving this milestone, for which I am thankful to many people. As they say, it is necessary to turn the pages to move forward in the story, I am going to do the same now. I have decided to retire from international and domestic cricket as well. I am happy that I got the opportunity to play so many matches for my country. I also thank BCCI and the fans.”
Know why Dhawan was called Mr. ICC
Most runs for India in ICC Champions Trophy 2013
Most runs for India in ICC ODI World Cup 2015
Most runs for India in ICC Champions Trophy 2017
Most runs for India in Asia Cup 2018
Total runs in international cricket: 10,867
Dhawan’s performance in 2013 Champions Trophy
114 runs in 94 balls against South Africa
102 not out off 107 balls against West Indies
48 runs in 41 balls against Pakistan
68 runs in the semi-final of ICC Champions Trophy
31 runs in the final of ICC Champions Trophy
Viv Richards is also behind Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan’s average in ICC ODI tournaments (at least 1000 runs) is higher than every batsman in the world. In this case, Dhawan is ahead of legends like Viv Richards, Sourav Ganguly, Rohit Sharma and Saeed Anwar. Dhawan’s average in ICC ODI tournaments is 65.15, which is the highest.
