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Shikhar Dhawan’s bat is going strong in IPL 2023, will Team India return?
IPL 2023 matches are being played. The eighth match of IPL was played on Wednesday. The team of Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals were face to face. Punjab Kings is being led by 37 year old Shikhar Dhawan. Shikhar Dhawan performed brilliantly in yesterday’s match, scoring an unbeaten 86 off 56 balls. His batting looked like a century. His footwork also seemed to be working. After this the discussion has started that will Shikhar Dhawan return to Team India once again? It is also being discussed because this time the ODI World Cup is to be held in India only. Due to the lack of a strong batsman in the middle order, Shikhar Dhawan can balance Team India somewhere.
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It is being discussed on social media that Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan should open for Team India while Shubman Gill should be played at number four in place of Shreyas Iyer. However, Shikhar Dhawan’s return to Team India will be possible only if his bat continues throughout the IPL. Shikhar Dhawan played somewhat cautiously against Rajasthan in the beginning. But he changed gears after his opening partner Prabhsimran Singh returned to the pavilion. Talking at present, Shikhar Dhawan has not played any international match in 2023. Questions were also raised on his form. Shikhar Dhawan has also captained Team India in ODIs on several occasions. That’s why discussions have intensified regarding the return of Shikhar Dhawan.
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Talking of ICC tournaments, Shikhar Dhawan’s bat runs brilliantly here. Everyone will remember the tremendous batting done by Shikhar Dhawan in the 2013 Champions Trophy. He had scored 363 runs at an average of over 90 during this period. He averaged over 50 in the 2015 World Cup as well. Shikhar Dhawan also batted brilliantly in the 2017 Champions Trophy. Talking about Shikhar Dhawan, so far he has played 68 T20 Internationals. At the same time, 167 ODIs have been played. He has scored 2315 runs in 34 Tests while in IPL he has played 208 matches so far and scored 6370 runs.
