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Shikhar Dhawan impressed with two half-centuries and a hundred in India's emphatic 5-1 ODI series win in South Africa.

India have not got good starts in the tournament despite Shikhar Dhawan's (153) blazing form as Rohit has been dismissed cheaply in all the matches.

Shikhar Dhawan continued his red-hot form hitting second consecutive fifty of the series to power India to a clinical victory over Bangladesh by six wickets in the second T20I in Colombo.

Dhawan was the top-scorer for India as he blasted 90 off 49 balls studded with six boundaries and as many sixes.

In the absence of senior bowlers, the Indian attack looked pedestrian as Sri Lanka chased down a stiff 175-run target with nine balls to spare, as Kusal played a match-winning knock of 66 runs off just 37 balls.

Kohli and Dhawan's bonhomie on and off the pitch is well documented. Both the players come from Delhi and share a great family relationship.

Dhawan, who scored 143 runs to emerge as the top run-getter in the three-game T20I series, jumped 14 places to grab a career-best 28th spot.

Dhawan scored 323 runs in the recently-concluded six-match series, which India won 5-1 to clinch their first-ever bilateral series in South Africa.

India's 203/5 appeared too much for South Africa as could only muster 175/9 in their response after opting to bowl first.

The Meerut quick became the first India pacer to claim a five-wicket haul in T20Is and across all formats of cricket.

Kagiso Rabada admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Andy Pycroft.

Rohit Sharma has just been able to score 40 runs in four ODIs that have been played so far.

Dhawan also backed skipper Kohli's decision to hand the ball to the wrist-spin duo instead of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah after the match was curtailed due to a long rain-break.

Besides Dhawan's ton, the main talking point of the day was wrist-spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal's below-par performances as the duo endured their first bad outing on this tour.

Dhawan scored his 13th ODI century off 99 balls in Johannesburg. He earlier scored consecutive fifties in Centurion and Cape Town.

In the ongoing six-match ODI series, Dhawan scored 76, 51 (not out) and 35 in the last three ODIs, which India won by heavy margins.

Rohit has scored a meagre 35 runs in the two ODIs, which India has won without any fuss, but Dhawan feels there is nothing wrong with the right-handed batsman's form.

India, who have a poor ODI record in South Africa, are set for improvement after being 2-0 up in the six-match series.