Shikhar Dhawan is a stylish and aggressive left-handed opening batsman and can also bowl right-arm off break. Dhawan, who was born in Delhi, plays for the India national cricket team. He also represents Delhi in domestic tournaments and plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Dhawan is married to Ayesha Mukherjee.
Read MoreBangar feels that one area that India might opt to change in the playing XI heading into the second T20I is the opening pair.
Gavaskar also feels that if Hardik Pandya could bowl two or three overs in the shortest format, it will India advantage.
Hardik smashed yet another ODI half-century during India's chase to a colossal target of 377 set by the Aussies.
Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has took to Twitter to post selfie with Team India's new retro jersey with MPL Sports as the new kit sponsor for the upcoming limited-over series.
Agarwal played all three games in New Zealand with not much success but that would count for little as it happened eight months back.
Rahul finished the season with 670 runs from 14 games at an average of 55.83 and a strike rate of 129.34 comprising one century and five fifties.
Despite being the underdogs, Capitals will be eyeing maiden silverware to etch their name on the coveted IPL trophy.
Delhi will now face four-time champions Mumbai Indians in the summit clash on Tuesday evening in Dubai.
After electing to bat first, the Delhi side started off well with the fresh opening duo of Shikhar Dhawan and Marcus Stoinis.
Dhawan moved past Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner on the run-scoring charts for IPL 2020 to take second place, behind present Orange Cap holder KL Rahul.
Dhawan has scored 1145 runs gainst Australia in the ODI format in 26 innings at 45.80 with four centuries and six fifties.
Delhi Capitals' in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan said that they are a quality team and can certainly beat Mumbai Indians in the first qualifier on Thursday.
Delhi will now face defending champions Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1. RCB, on the other hand, will await the result of the final league game of IPL 2020 where Mumbai will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Becomes the only batsman in IPL history to score back to back centuries and back to back ducks in the same season.
Dhawan, playing for Delhi Capitals, last week scored 101 not out against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and followed it up with an unbeaten knock of 106 against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
Shikhar Dhawan became the first cricketer in the history of IPL to score successive centuries.
Despite losing against Kings XI Punjab, the Shreyas Iyer-led side is still leading the eight-team standings with 14 points from 10 games.
DC skipper felt it was a learning curve for young pacer Tushar Deshpande, who leaked 41 runs in two overs, and reserved special praises for Shikhar Dhawan despite the loss to KXIP.
Despite creating history by becoming the first batsman to score back-to-back centuries in IPL, Shikhar Dhawan ended up on the losing side with Delhi Capitals falling to KXIP by five wickets.
Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan’s historic ton lays in ruin as Pooran’s 27-ball 50 took KXIP to third win on the trot in IPL 2020.
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