Indian star batsman Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement in a social media post this morning. The batsman posted a video in which he explained his decision to retire. He announced that he was permanently retiring from international and domestic cricket.
The retirement of one of India’s finest batsmen has left the public emotional and heavy-hearted, with people and cricket stars alike taking to social media to shower praise and congratulations on Mr. ICC. Shikhar Dhawan had last played a cricket match in LPI 2024 for Punjab Reyes. The last time he wore the Indian jersey was in 2022, when he played against Bangladesh.
Why did Mr. ICC fall?
Shikhar Dhawan has been dubbed Mr. ICC due to his immaculate performances in ICC tournaments and on the big stages. Whenever he was needed, ‘Gabbar’ stepped up. He scored over 10,000 runs across three formats. His stats are: 2,315 runs in Tests, 6,793 runs in ODIs and 1,579 runs in T20Is.
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Mr ICC was in absolutely splendid form, but then the question arises: why did he lose his position within the Indian cricket team if he was playing so well?
There were several cricket-related reasons why Shikhar Dhawan had to take a step back from Indian cricket. He last played for India in 2022 against BangladeshFrom that point on, Indian cricket saw a new generation of youngsters starting to come through. This generation of youngsters included players like Shubhman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan.
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Dhawan struggled to keep up with these youngsters and because there was a lot of fighting to be ranked 11th among over 30 players, Dhawan lost his footing in the Indian cricket scenario.
Troubled family life
There is also the case of what was happening in Shikhar Dhawan’s personal life during this time. Dhawan went through a massive divorce with his wife Ayesha Mukherjee. During the divorce proceedings, Dhawan’s personal life and mental health also took a hit. Due to this, he had to focus on himself instead of playing cricket. There is also the fact that Shikhar Dhawan also lost the custody rights of his son and is unable to reunite with him.
It could be said that these series of events that took place in Shikhar Dhawan’s life affected him greatly and caused him to lose his ground in Indian cricket and regress even after being in good form with the bat.
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