Shikhar Dhawan Retirement: Shikhar Dhawan has announced his retirement from cricket. He will no longer be seen playing in IPL 2025.
Shikhar Dhawan Announces Retirement: Shikhar Dhawan has announced his retirement from all three formats of cricket. He has shared this information through his social media account. He also thanked the fans for supporting him in this journey of cricket. Dhawan, popularly known as ‘Gabbar’, played 34 Tests, 167 ODIs and 68 T20 matches for India in his international career. He scored more than 10,000 runs in his international career.
Shikhar Dhawan has shared a video on his X and Instagram account, in which he announced his retirement and said, “I had only one goal in my life, to play for India. I was also successful in achieving this point, for which I am grateful to many people.” Dhawan first thanked his family, then his childhood coach Tarak Sinha, who has now passed away. He also thanked Madan Sharma, from whom he learnt the tricks of cricket. Team India’s ‘Gabbar’ also thanked his fellow players.
As I close this chapter of my cricketing journey, I carry with me countless memories and gratitude. Thank you for the love and support! Jai Hind! 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/QKxRH55Lgx
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) August 24, 2024
I am retiring from cricket…
Shikhar Dhawan said, “They say, it is necessary to turn the pages to move forward in the story, I am going to do the same now. I have decided to retire from international and domestic cricket as well. I am at peace in my heart that I got the opportunity to play a lot of matches for my country. I also thank BCCI and the fans.”
Dhawan further said that he is not sad at all that he will no longer be able to play for his country. Rather, he feels happy and proud that he got a chance to represent India for such a long time.
Last match for India
Shikhar Dhawan last represented India in the year 2022 while playing an ODI against Bangladesh. Unfortunately, Dhawan could not do anything special in his last innings as he scored only 3 runs in 8 balls. This was the same match in which Ishan Kishan played a historic innings of 210 runs in 131 balls. India had won that match by a huge margin of 227 runs.
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