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Follow UsIn the wake of Shikhar Dhawan announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket on August 24 (Saturday), we look at some of the left-hander's mind-blowing statistical achievements which made him one of the best openers of this century.
TESTS
Fastest hundred on debut in Tests (by balls)
85 balls - Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia, Mohali, 2013
93 balls - Dwayne Smith vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2004
99 balls - Prithvi Shaw vs West Indies, Rajkot, 2018
Highest score for India on debut in Tests
187 – Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia, Mohali, 2013
177 – Rohit Sharma vs West Indies, Kolkata, 2013
171 – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs West Indies, Roseau, 2023
137 – GR Vishwanath vs Australia, Kanpur, 1969
134 – Prithvi Shaw vs West Indies, Rajkot, 2018
Most boundaries for India on debut in Tests
35 – Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia, Mohali, 2013
25 - GR Vishwanath vs Australia, Kanpur, 1969
24 - Rohit Sharma vs West Indies, Kolkata, 2013
21 – Lala Amarnath vs ENG, Mumbai, 1933
20 – Sourav Ganguly vs England, Lord’s, 1996
ODIs
Highest average for a batter in ICC events (1000+ runs)
65.2 – Shikhar Dhawan
64.6 – Virat Kohli
63.5 – Sourav Ganguly
63.4 – Saeed Anwar
63.3 – Vivian Richards
Most 100s for an India batter in ICC Tournaments
8 - Rohit Sharma
7 - Sourav Ganguly
6 - Sachin Tendulkar
6 - Shikhar Dhawan
Highest average against an opponent for an Indian batter in ODIs (15+ innings)
75.8 – Virat Kohli vs Bangladesh
69.4 – Shikhar Dhawan vs Sri Lanka
66.5 – Virat Kohli vs West Indies
65.6 – Ajay Jadeja vs Zimbabwe
65.4 – Virat Kohli vs South Africa
Most 50+ scores in ICC Champions Trophy
6 – Shikhar Dhawan
6 – Sourav Ganguly
6 – Rahul Dravid
5 – Rohit Sharma
5 – Damien Martyn
Highest average in ICC Champions Trophy (7+ innings)
88.2 – Virat Kohli
77.9 – Shikhar Dhawan
73.9 – Sourav Ganguly
61.5 – Damien Martyn
Most runs in an edition of ICC Champions Trophy
474 – Chris Gayle, 2006
363 – Shikhar Dhawan, 2013
348 – Sourav Ganguly, 2000
338 – Shikhar Dhawan, 2017
320 – Upul Tharanga, 2020
T20s
Most runs for an Indian batter in T20s
12886 – Virat Kohli
11830 – Rohit Sharma
9797 – Shikhar Dhawan
8654 – Suresh Raina
7605 – Suryakumar Yadav
Most 50+ scores for an Indian batter in T20s
106 – Virat Kohli
86 – Rohit Sharma
72 – Shikhar Dhawan
71 – KL Rahul
Most runs in IPL history
8004 – Virat Kohli
6769 – Shikhar Dhawan
6628 – Rohit Sharma
6565 – David Warner
Most 4s in IPL
768 – Shikhar Dhawan
705 – Virat Kohli
663 – David Warner
599 – Rohit Sharma
506 – Suresh Raina
Most boundaries (4s & 6s) in IPL
977 – Virat Kohli
920 – Shikhar Dhawan
899 – David Warner
879 –Rohit Sharma
Unique records scripted by Dhawan
> Dhawan is the only Indian batter to score a century before lunch on Day 1 of a Test Match (104* vs Afghanistan, Bengaluru, 2018)
> Dhawan is one of four Indian players — the others being Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh — to win the “Player of the Tournament” in an ICC event (Shikhar Dhawan – POTT – ICC Champions Trophy 2013)
> Dhawan is the first player in IPL history to hit back-to-back centuries (101* vs CSK, 106* vs PBKS – IPL 2020)
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