Shikhar Dhawan is presently out of the Indian crew. The veteran left-handed opener has been a rock for India within the white-ball codecs in the previous few years. Nonetheless, presently the crew administration is seeking to go for youthful choices in ODIs. It implies that Dhawan has work at hand if he’s to have any hope of creating a comeback. He’s nonetheless enjoying the Indian Premier League (IPL) and shall be keen to depart a mark.  In the meantime, Dhawan posted a humorous video on Instagram, with the caption: “Kis baat ki 14 February (what is the level of 14 february)?  #Valentine2023 #theboys”

“What’s your valentine day plan bro?” a person within the video asks Dhawan.

To which, the star cricketer replies: “Agar kismat mein na likhi ho pari, toh kis baat ki 14 february (If there isn’t any angel written in destiny, what is the level of 14 february)”

Dhawan led Group India within the ODI collection towards Bangladesh, the place the guests misplaced 2-1 within the three-match collection. Regardless of ending up on the shedding facet, Ishan turned the spotlight of the collection after he smashed his maiden ODI double ton within the third match. The collection was a forgetful one for Dhawan as he solely scored 18 runs in three matches, leading to him getting excluded from the crew for the ODIs towards Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

Nonetheless, India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got here in assist of Dhawan and referred to as him a “stalwart of white-ball cricket.”

“Solely when the High 3 failed, we had issues previously. Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli. We speak rather a lot about Rohit and Kohli, however Dhawan is a stalwart. He was silently doing his job. Will his place be a giant void to fill for Group India?,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.

“Ought to we return to Shikhar Dhawan, or ought to we groom Ishan Kishan, who has simply scored a double hundred? As an alternative of backing a participant on the premise of 1 enormous rating, we should always see what the crew requires. Which character will ship below stress? Which character will serve us for a very long time?,” he added.

Dhawan has performed a complete of 167 ODI matches for India and scored a whopping complete of 6793 runs, laced with 17 centuries and 39 half-centuries.

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