From Yuvraj Singh to Virender Sehwag: Cricket fraternity extends wishes as 'Gabbar' Shikhar Dhawan turns 35
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From Yuvraj Singh to Virender Sehwag: Cricket fraternity extends wishes as ‘Gabbar’ Shikhar Dhawan turns 35

As star Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan turned 35 on Saturday, cricket fraternity got here in unison to increase heat birthday greetings to the ‘Gabbar’.

From former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh to former opening batsman Virender Sehwag, all took to their respective social media handles to want Dhawan on his special day.

Wishing the Indian southpaw a really completely satisfied birthday, Yuvaj referred to as on Dhawan to create some thunder Down Under as he prepares for the second T20I towards Australia on the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Sunday.

“Janamdin di lakh, lakh vadhaiyan jatt ji @SDhawan25. Wishing you good health and loads of success.! Create some thunder down under!,” he wrote on Twitter.

Sehwag, then again, continued his witty fashion whereas extending his needs to Dhawan on his birthday.

Sharing an image of Dhawan’s doppelganger on his official Twitter deal with, Sehwag requested the Indian left-arm batsman to attain many extra runs at his spouse Ayesha Dhawan’s hometown in Melbourne.  

“Many Many completely satisfied returns of the day to a ever smiling man I like loads, @SDhawan25. Sasural mein khoob khoob run banao baaki matches mein bhi aur har khushi manaao. May you get to have many extra celebrations, itni ki jaanghein laal ho jaayein,” he tweeted.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), in the meantime, wished Dhawan by sharing a glimpse of the Indian opener’s stroke-filled ton towards Sri Lanka and listed down a few of his cricket information.

“Fastest Test century on debut, Fastest to 1000 ODI runs in ICC tournaments,9,712 international runs and 24 tons.Here’s wishing #TeamIndia’s swashbuckling batsman @SDhawan25 a very happy birthday.Let’s relive his stroke-filled ton against Sri Lanka,” the nation’s cricket board tweeted.

Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batsman and Dhawan’s opening accomplice throughout 1st T20I, KL Rahul wished the opener, tweeting, “Happy birthday @SDhawan25, lots of love and wish u all the happiness.”

Former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman additionally prolonged his greetings to Dhawan on his special occasion. 

He tweeted, “Wishing @SDhawan25 a very very happy birthday. May you have a wonderful year and enjoy lots of success and happiness, Shikhar.”

Dhawan made his worldwide debut for India throughout his aspect’s One-Day International (ODI) conflict towards Australia at at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in October 2010.

In June 2011, the Indian southpaw performed his first match within the shortest format of the sport for the nationwide aspect towards West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval.

Two 12 months later, Dhawan made his Test debut towards the Aussies in Punjab in March 2013.

So far, he has appeared in 34 Tests, 139 ODIs and 61 T20Is for the nationwide aspect, amassing a complete of 9,712 runs throughout the three codecs of the sport.

Popularly generally known as ‘Gabbar’, Dhawan is the quickest Indian to achieve 1000, 2000 and 3000-run mark within the 50-over format of the sport.
He can also be the quickest batsman to attain 1000 runs in ICC match.

The Delhi-born cricketer additionally holds the report of quickest participant to notch up Test century on his debut when he reached the three-figure mark towards Australia off 85 deliveries. He was ultimately dismissed for 174-ball 187, which was adorned with 33 fours and two sixes.

Besides this, Dhawan has additionally featured in 176 matches within the Indian Premier league (IPL) and notched up a complete of 5,196 runs within the profitable T20I match.

 

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