Name  /  Title SHIKHAR DHAWAN
Date of Birth December 05, 1985
Date of Death  
Identity Indian international cricketer
Date-wise Events / Works
  • October 20, 2010:   He made his ODI match debut on this day; against Australia.
  • June 04, 2011:   He made his T20I debut on this day; against West Indies.
  • March 14, 2013:   He made his test match debut on this day; against Australia. The saliet features of his debut peformance are:
    • unbeaten 185 in 168 balls
    • 85 ball century - fastest by a debutant in tests - world record
    • Highest score by a test debutant (Vishwanath - 137)
    • Fourth batsman to make 100+ runs between lunch and tea (Sehwag, Umrigar, Azharuddin)
    • 13th Indian to make 100 in test debut (5 debutants made 200+)
  • June 06, 2013:   Man of the match in ODI against South Africa.
  • July 26, 2013:   Man of the match in ODI against Zimbabwe.
  • November 27, 2013:   Man of the match in ODI against West Indies.
  • November 2014:   He became the fastest Indian batsman to reach the 2000-run mark in ODIs.
  • February 22, 2015:   Man of the match in ODI against South Africa.
  • March 10, 2015:   Man of the match in ODI against Ireland.
  • 2015:   He was the leading run-scorer for India and fifth highest run-scorer overall at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
  • February 12, 2016:   Man of the match in T20I against Sri Lanka.
  • March 06, 2016:   Man of the match in T20I against Bangladesh.
  • March 27, 2016:   He played his last T20I match on this day; against Australia.
  • April 23, 2016:   He played his last ODI match on this day; against Australia.
  • October 03, 2016:   He played his last test match on this day; against New Zealand.
  • 2016:   He became the fastest Indian and one of the three fastest batsmen in the world to reach 3000 ODI runs. He was the player of the match in the final of the 2016 Asia Cup which India won.
General
  • He is a left-handed opening batsman.
  • He played for the Indian Under-17 and Under-19 teams before making his first-class debut for Delhi in November 2004.
  • Dhawan made his One Day International (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). He ended his innings with 187 runs from 174 balls. In August 2013, he recorded the third highest individual score ever in a List A Match when he scored 248 runs off 150 balls for India A against South Africa A. He is also the fastest indian to reach the 2000 runs mark.
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