Shikhar Dhawan (born 5 December 1985) is an Indian international cricketer. A left-handed opening batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler, he plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL. He played for the Indian Under-17 and Under-19 teams before making his first-class debut for Delhi in November 2004.

Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 32) Delhi, India
Nickname	Gabbar, Jatt-jee
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Opening batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 277)	14 March 2014 v Australia
Last Test	7 September 2018 v England
ODI debut (cap 188)	20 October 2010 v Australia
Last ODI	23 September 2018 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	25
T20I debut (cap 36)	4 June 2011 v West Indies
Last T20I	8 July 2018 v England
T20I shirt no.	25 (formerly 16 in 2011)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–present	Delhi (squad no. 25)
2008	Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 16)
2009–2010	Mumbai Indians (squad no. 16)
2011–2012	Deccan Chargers (squad no. 25 (formerly 16 in 2011))
2013–present	Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 25)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I List A Matches 30 108 35 216 Runs scored 2,153 4,694 874 9,049 Batting average 43.94 47.02 27.31 46.40 100s/50s 8/5 15/25 0/7 25/49 Top score 190 137 90 248 Balls bowled 54 – – 272 Wickets 0 – - 9 Bowling average – – – 27.66 5 wickets in innings – – – 0 10 wickets in match – – - n/a Best bowling – – – 2/22 Catches/stumpings 24/– 46/– 10/– 108/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 September 2018

Dhawan made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Australia in October 2010 at Visakhapatnam. His Test debut came against the same opposition in March 2013 at Mohali where he scored the fastest century by any batsman on Test debut and ended his innings with 187 runs from 174 balls. A prolific run-scorer in ICC tournaments, Dhawan top-scored in the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, and the 2013 and 2017 Champions Trophy tournaments, and holds the record for the fastest to reach 1000 runs in ICC ODI tournaments. In August 2013, he recorded the then-second-highest individual score in a List A match when he scored 248 runs off 150 balls for India A against South Africa A at Pretoria. At the 2015 World Cup, he was the leading run-scorer for India and in the following year, became the fastest Indian to reach 3,000 ODI runs. In December 2017, he became the 2nd fastest Indian to reach 4000 ODI runs. During the 4th ODI against South Africa in Johannesberg, he became the first Indian and ninth overall to score a century in his 100th ODI game. On 14 June 2018, against Afghanistan, he became the sixth batsman, and the first for India, to score a century before lunch on day one of a Test.