NEW DELHI: As veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan introduced his retirement from worldwide and home cricket Saturday morning, needs poured in from all quarters, congratulating the 38-year-old for a extremely profitable profession.
Your complete sporting fraternity got here collectively and doffed hats to Dhawan as he rode into the sundown after a glittering 14-year-long profession.
Dhawan’s IPL franchise Punjab Kings too had a particular message for his or her captain as they wished him in a singular method which had a contact of MS Dhoni in it.
In an attention-grabbing caption together with the Dhawan video, the franchise wrote the time of Dhawan’s retirement much like the one Dhoni wrote throughout his retirement announcement.
Your complete sporting fraternity got here collectively and doffed hats to Dhawan as he rode into the sundown after a glittering 14-year-long profession.
Dhawan’s IPL franchise Punjab Kings too had a particular message for his or her captain as they wished him in a singular method which had a contact of MS Dhoni in it.
In an attention-grabbing caption together with the Dhawan video, the franchise wrote the time of Dhawan’s retirement much like the one Dhoni wrote throughout his retirement announcement.
Dhawan’s retirement comes two years after he final donned the nationwide jersey.
The 38-year-old mentioned he leaves the scene a content material man, having represented the nationwide group in all three codecs since making his worldwide debut in 2010 in an ODI in opposition to Australia in Visakhapatnam.
Dhawan appeared in 34 Checks, 167 ODIs and 68 T20Is for India.
His greatest got here within the 50-over format during which he amassed 6793 runs at a median of 44.11. He averaged 40.61 for his 2315 Check runs.
