“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 accomplice Rohit Sharma and named a tune that the ‘Hitman’ appreciated to sing whereas they batted collectively. Though the International Day of Friendship is noticed on July 30 worldwide, India observes Friendship Day on the primary Sunday of August yearly. Speaking to Star Sports, Dhawan mentioned about Rohit, “I have opened with him for 8-10 years, so I have a strong bond with him. He is a gem of a person. Usse bada achha lagta tha jab mai ek gaana gaata tha pitch pe (he used to like it a lot whenever I sang one particular song), ‘putt jattan de bulaonde bakre’. So he would look at me and then sing the same song. It is one moment that repeated often. He remembered a couple of lines from the song, which he used to sing and then laugh.”

Shikhar and Rohit are probably the most profitable opening pairs within the historical past of modern-day cricket. The partnership on the prime developed through the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 when Rohit was promoted from middle-order to the opening slot together with Shikhar, who was simply making an attempt to solidify his spot within the crew again then.

From 2011-2022 in 173 innings, they each scored 6,984 runs collectively at a median of 40.84, with 22 century partnerships and 22 half-century partnerships. Their greatest 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.

While Shikhar final performed a global match for India in December 2022 in opposition to Bangladesh, Rohit just 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 facet in preparations for ICC Champions Trophy through the ongoing tour in opposition to Sri Lanka.

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