From a second-ball duck on his India debut in an ODI towards Australia in 2010 to forming one in all India’s most formidable opening partnerships with Rohit Sharma and changing into India’s man of the second in ICC tournaments, Dhawan has had a profitable profession within the India jersey.Here is a take a look at the highlights of Dhawan’s profession, which features a yet-to-be-broken file he made on his Take a look at debut.
– Dhawan took 85 balls to achieve his maiden hundred in Exams — the quickest by a batter on Take a look at debut. He ended up with 187 off simply 174 balls towards Australia in Mohali in 2013.
– Dhawan’s strike fee of 107.47 stays a file for any batsman throughout a century on debut in Exams.
– His 187 is the best on Take a look at debut by an Indian batsman.
– The left-handed opener was related in a stand of 289 with Murali Vijay towards Australia in Mohali in 2013, which stays a file for the opening wicket in Exams involving India and Australia.
– He scored 126 runs between lunch and tea at Galle throughout his career-best rating of 190 vs Sri Lanka in 2017 — essentially the most by an Indian batsman between lunch and tea in Exams.
– The 38-year-old is likely one of the eight batsmen to file 5000-plus runs, 40-plus common at a strike fee of 90-plus in ODIs.
– His greatest yr when it comes to run-aggregate in ODIs was 2013, when he scored 1162 at a median of 50.52, together with 5 a whole bunch and 4 fifties, in 25 innings in 2013.
– Dhawan stays the one Indian participant to submit three a whole bunch in ODIs at The Oval — one every towards West Indies in 2013, Sri Lanka in 2017 and vs Australia in 2019.
– He hit 768 fours in 221 innings — essentially the most by a batter within the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
– His 6769 runs is the second highest run-aggregate within the historical past of the IPL behind Virat Kohli’s tally of 8004 runs.
– Dhawan aggregated 400-plus runs in an IPL season 9 instances — his greatest season being 2020-21, when he scored 618 runs at a median of 44.14, together with two a whole bunch and 4 fifties, in 17 innings. Kohli has managed 400-plus runs in an IPL season essentially the most instances (10).
– Among the many seven batsmen with 600 runs or extra within the ICC Champions Trophy, Dhawan’s common of 77.88 is the best.
– He is likely one of the 4 batsmen to have recorded three a whole bunch within the ICC Champions Trophy — the opposite three being Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly and Herschelle Gibbs.
(Stats and trivia courtesy: Rajesh Kumar)
