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Shikhar Dhawan

シカール・ダワン　/　しかーる・だわん

Cricketer from India

December 5, 1985 (age 40)　・　Delhi, India

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My Take

I am not the deepest cricket follower, but Shikhar Dhawan's record stops you cold. Leading run scorer and Player of the Tournament at the 2013 Champions Trophy, top Indian scorer at the 2015 World Cup, and more than a decade as a fixture at the top of India's limited-overs order. That is not luck, that is durability. What I admire most is the opener's burden, the thankless job of setting a tone before anyone else has settled, carried with that grinning, mustachioed swagger. The Arjuna Award feels like belated recognition of a player who quietly anchored an era.

Overview

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 leading run scorer and also named as the Player of the Tournament in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and even he was leading run-scorer by an indian at the 2015 World Cup.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Shikhar Dhawan
Name (Japanese): シカール・ダワン
Reading: しかーる・だわん
Born: December 5, 1985 (age 40)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Ox
Origin: Delhi, India
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: cricketer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2014 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
2021 Arjuna Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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