Has already scored a century against 5 countries, still not getting a place in India’s ‘Red Ball’ team

New Delhi. In the final of the World Test Championship (WTC Final), Rohit Sharma’s Indian team (Team India) has to face Australia from today i.e. 7th June. Team India has improved its performance immensely in recent years. There was a time when he was called the ‘Lion of the House’. It was believed that Team India can win only on their home grounds, which is helpful for spin, but changing this perception, it has defeated big teams on the foreign ground itself. In the midst of this spectacular performance, a unique record of an Indian batsman scoring a century in his very first test against five countries is recorded.

Left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan did this feat by scoring a century in his very first Test against Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. No batter in the world is around this record of ‘Gabbar’. Alastair Cook, Matthew Hayden, Kumar Sangakkara, Graeme Smith and Mark Taylor are the batsmen who scored hundreds in their first Test against 4 teams.

Scored a century against Australia while making his Test debut
Dhawan scored a century (107 runs) in his very first test while debuting against Australia in Mohali in the year 2013. He has also scored centuries in his Test debut against New Zealand in February 2014, Bangladesh in June 2015, Sri Lanka in August 2015 and Afghanistan in June 2018. Dhawan has so far scored 2315 runs in 34 Tests at an average of 40.61, including seven. Centuries and five half-centuries included. The interesting thing is that he played his last Test in September 2018 at the same Oval ground where the final of the World Test Championship 2023 is to be held.

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Still doing ‘Dhamal’ with the bat at the age of 37
Shikhar Dhawan, who is 37 years old, is still performing strongly with the bat. Dhawan, who performed brilliantly in IPL-2023, has been the highest run-scorer for India in the 2015 World Cup and 2017 Champions Trophy. He has been the fastest Indian batsman to complete 1000, 2000 and three thousand runs in ODIs. Shikhar is still playing in international cricket. He has scored 6793 runs in 167 ODIs (average 44.11, 17 centuries) and 1759 runs in 68 T20Is at an average of 27.92. He played his last international match as an ODI against Bangladesh in Chittagong in December 2022.

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