New Delhi. It is said that a lion never grows old. This line fits Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan has retired from international cricket but his bat is scoring a lot of runs in T20 cricket. 38 year old Dhawan is currently playing in Big Cricket League. Dhawan, playing for Northern Chargers, played a explosive innings for the third consecutive match. He scored runs against MP Tigers at a strike rate of 227. However, Dhawan’s captaincy innings did not work for the team. He scored a brilliant half-century but Northern Chargers, who were chasing the target of a big score, got defeated in this match. The team lost but this innings of Dhawan stole the whole gathering, which after his retirement in T20 The burden is on the youth. Before this, Dhawan also played many memorable innings in Nepal Cricket League.
The team of Northern Chargers, captained by Shikhar Dhawan, was facing MP Tigers in Surat. MP Tigers, batting first, scored 235 runs in 20 overs with the help of Naman Ojha’s century. Captain Shikhar Dhawan gave a blazing start to Northern Chargers while chasing the huge target. The former opener of Team India started hitting fours and sixes as soon as he stepped on the crease. He completed his half-century in 21 balls. Left-handed batsman Dhawan was out after scoring 66 runs in 29 balls. He hit 4 consecutive fours and a six in the same over.
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10 runs were needed on 6 balls… the bowler played such a trick, the game was turned, the opposing captain kept looking at his face.
Dhawan scored runs at a strike rate of 227
Dhawan hit 9 fours and three sixes in his explosive innings. He scored runs at a strike rate of 227. Apart from Dhawan, former Indian team all-rounder Gurkeerat Singh Mann also played an excellent innings. Gurkeerat scored 73 runs in 32 balls which included 7 fours and five sixes. Despite the explosive innings of Dhawan and Gurkeerat Singh, the Northern Challengers team could only score 223 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 12 runs.
Shikhar Dhawan had scored a spectacular 86 runs in the first match of Big Cricket League.
Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan had also batted brilliantly in two matches of Big Cricket League. In the first match of the league, he scored a blazing 86 runs in 43 balls, while in the second match, he scored 30 runs in 15 balls at a strike rate of 200. After retiring from international cricket, Dhawan played in T20 league in Nepal. Where he hit a lot of fours and sixes in his explosive style. This former opener of the Indian team is batting in T20 in the same style as he used to do in Team India and IPL.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 17, 2024, 07:12 IST