Top 3 knocks of Shikhar Dhawan in ODI cricket
The flamboyant left-hander has had a roller coaster of a career in Test cricket till date, but has time and again proved his mettle in the white ball cricket. He has been a prolific run scorer in the ODI format and has an exceptional record all over the world as opposed to his Test record, in which he has struggled to score outside Asia. He was out of form in the recently concluded Test series against England but he announced his arrival in UAE with an effortless century in colored clothing. He is among the best ODI openers out there. He is the fourth quickest batsmen to score 14 centuries ( in 105 innings). Only Virat Kohli (103 innings), David Warner (98 innings) and Hashim Amla (84 innings) are ahead of him. Now he is just one century shy from equaling the century tally of his predecessor Virender Sehwag. He also equalled Yuvraj Singh's tally of 14 centuries, the second highest by a left-hander. He is only behind Sourav Ganguly who has 22 centuries. He has won many accolades for his performances in ODIs over the past five years.
Let us take a look at 3 of his best knocks in ODI cricket till date.
#3 73 ( Off 76 balls) vs Pakistan in 2015 World Cup at Adelaide
Shikhar Dhawan has scored centuries in double digits but this knock stands out from most of them. The sheer quality of the opposition bowling and the necessity of the knock in the context of the game is what makes this more special than his other big knocks.
After the early dismissal of Rohit Sharma at the score of 34 runs, the onus was on Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan to build the innings further. They did exactly that as the duo stitched a 129 run-partnership and provided the middle order the platform to accelerate in the slog overs. Shikhar got run out after scoring 73 crucial runs for India.