Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan (born 5 December 1985) is an Indian former cricketer who played as an opening batter. He was a regular member of the Indian team in limited-overs formats for over a decade and represented Delhi in domestic cricket. He was the leading run scorer and named Player of the Tournament in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, and was the leading run-scorer by an Indian at the 2015 World Cup. Across ICC World Cups and Champions Trophies, he averaged 65.15, the highest among players with over 1000 runs. Dhawan made his ODI debut against Australia in October 2010 at Visakhapatnam. His Test debut came against the same opposition in March 2013 at Mohali, where he scored the fastest century by any batsman on Test debut (85 balls) and ended his innings with 187 runs from 174 balls, the highest score by an Indian on a Test debut. In August 2013, Dhawan scored 248 off 150 balls for India A against South Africa A in a List A match, then the second-highest individual score in the format. He later became the first Indian to score a century in his 100th ODI, against South Africa in Johannesburg. On 14 June 2018, he scored a century before lunch on the opening day of a Test against Afghanistan. On 24 August 2024, Dhawan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.