“Usey Accha Lagta Tha Whenever…”: Shikhar Dhawan On His On-Field Partnership With Rohit Sharma

On the event of Friendship Day, Indian veteran Shikhar Dhawan opened up on bonding together with his batting associate Rohit Sharma and named a tune that the ‘Hitman’ preferred to sing whereas they batted collectively. Although the Worldwide Day of Friendship is noticed on July 30 worldwide, India observes Friendship Day on the primary Sunday of August yearly. Chatting with Star Sports activities, Dhawan stated about Rohit, “I’ve opened with him for 8-10 years, so I’ve a robust bond with him. He’s a gem of an individual. Usse bada achha lagta tha jab mai ek gaana gaata tha pitch pe (he used to love it quite a bit at any time when I sang one specific tune), ‘putt jattan de bulaonde bakre’. So he would take a look at me after which sing the identical tune. It’s one second that repeated typically. He remembered a few traces from the tune, which he used to sing after which giggle.”

Shikhar and Rohit are one of the vital profitable opening pairs within the historical past of modern-day cricket. The partnership on the high developed through the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 when Rohit was promoted from middle-order to the opening slot together with Shikhar, who was simply attempting to solidify his spot within the workforce again then.

From 2011-2022 in 173 innings, they each scored 6,984 runs collectively at a mean of 40.84, with 22 century partnerships and 22 half-century partnerships. Their finest partnership was of 210 runs. They collectively starred in a few of India’s most memorable wins of 2010s, primarily within the white-ball cricket, together with the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 triumph.

Whereas Shikhar final performed a world match for India in December 2022 in opposition to Bangladesh, Rohit lately led India to a memorable ICC T20 World Cup win in opposition to South Africa within the finals in June and is at present main the ODI aspect in preparations for ICC Champions Trophy through the ongoing tour in opposition to Sri Lanka.

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