From the 'God of Cricket' - Sachin Tendulkar to former opener Virender Sehwag, all took to their official Twitter handles to wish the explosive opening batsman Dhawan a very 'Happy Birthday'.

The Tamil Nadu opener revealed that sharing feelings about selection openly with each other helps them to move on rather than keeping things brewing inside.

Bhuvneshwar will take no further part in the Test series, whereas, Shikhar Dhawan will be available for selection in the third Test in Delhi.

The cricketer has been known for his frank and open love life in the cricket fraternity and the couple have been looked up as an inspiration at all times. "Couple Goals".

Kohli and Dhawan's knock helped India take the lead in the three-match T20I series against Australia.

Twitter is flooded with birthday wishes for the PM Modi, with numerous politicians, sportstars and filmstars wishing him for the day

During the last series against Sri Lanka also, Dhawan had left after the One-day Internationals as his mother was unwell at that time.

The selection committee has decided not to name any replacement as only two matches are left, the 5th ODI and a one-off T20 match.

Dhawan termed this new fitness regime as a fair call by the team management.

Indian cricketers Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa joined together in condemning child abuse.

However, no Indian bowler figure in the top-10 list. Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (13th) is the lone Indian in top 15.

Shikhar Dhawan took young all-rounder Hardik Pandya for an auto-rickshaw ride on the streets of Kandy.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya's 96-ball knock of 108 has seen him gain 45 positions to reach a career-best 68th rank among batsmen.

Shikhar Dhawan hammered a total of 358 runs in the three-Test series against Sri Lanka, including two big hundreds in the first and third Test.

Dhawan added a record 188 runs for the opening stand with KL Rahul, which is an Indian record.

The underlining aspect of this new thought process from coach Shastri is his belief that the team should exert its number one status on the field.

Upul Tharanga (64) and Angelo Mathews (54*) take Sri Lanka to 154/5 at stumps on Day 2 against India in the first Test in Galle. Mohammed Shami (2/30) and R Ashwin (1/49) picked up wickets for the visitors.

Shikhar Dhawan was on 31 at the time when his catch was dropped and the opener went on to score 190 off 168 deliveries that swelled India's total to a mammoth 399/9 on Day 1 of Galle Test.

India opener Shikhar Dhawan destroyed the Sri Lankan attack and scored a blazing knock of 190 off just 168 balls on Day 1 of the first Test in Galle.

Centurions Dhawan and Pujara shared a 253-run for the second-wicket that helped India to put on a huge score on Day 1 of Galle Test.