Rahul Tiwari
khelja|08-09-2024
Shikhar Dhawan: Indian cricket team's left-handed star batsman Shikhar Dhawan recently announced his retirement from cricket. Dhawan has played many brilliant match-winning innings for Team India. Because of this, he is very popular among the fans.
In a ODI match played against South Africa A in 2013, Shikhar Dhawan created history with his tremendous batting. Playing for India A, he played an innings of 248 runs, which is one of the most memorable innings in the history of ODI cricket. In this innings, Dhawan hit brilliant shots in every corner of the field, which included 30 fours and 7 sixes. His innings not only made the match exciting, but also presented another proof of his batting ability. Dhawan became a regular member of Team India after this innings.
This brilliant innings of Shikhar Dhawan was played against South Africa A, in which he single-handedly pushed the entire opposition team on the backfoot. During this match in 2013, Dhawan put pressure on every bowler and scored runs by hitting big shots. This innings of his took him to a special place, because scoring 248 runs in ODI cricket is a big achievement for any batsman. The bowlers of South Africa A looked completely helpless in front of him, and Dhawan changed the course of the match with his aggressive style.
This historic innings of his will always be remembered in Indian cricket history.Thanks to Shikhar Dhawan's explosive innings, India A scored a total of 433 runs in this match. Despite this big scoring of the team, South Africa A also fought hard, but they lost by 39 runs. South Africa A's team also performed very well, but their efforts faded in front of Dhawan's innings of 248 runs. India A's bowlers performed brilliantly to defend this huge score of Dhawan and kept South Africa A's team away from the target.
This victory not only added an important milestone in Shikhar Dhawan's career.
