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In numbers: A look back at Dhawan's special achievements
Follow UsA look into the statistical milestones achieved by Dhawan in international cricket and IPL
In the wake of Shikhar Dhawan announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket on August 24 (Saturday), we look at some of the left-hander's mind-blowing statistical achievements which made him one of the best openers of this century.
TESTS
Fastest hundred on debut in Tests (by balls)
85 balls - Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia, Mohali, 2013
93 balls - Dwayne Smith vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2004
99 balls - Prithvi Shaw vs West Indies, Rajkot, 2018
Highest score for India on debut in Tests
187 – Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia, Mohali, 2013
177 – Rohit Sharma vs West Indies, Kolkata, 2013
171 – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs West Indies, Roseau, 2023
137 – GR Vishwanath vs Australia, Kanpur, 1969
134 – Prithvi Shaw vs West Indies, Rajkot, 2018
Most boundaries for India on debut in Tests
35 – Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia, Mohali, 2013
25 - GR Vishwanath vs Australia, Kanpur, 1969
24 - Rohit Sharma vs West Indies, Kolkata, 2013
21 – Lala Amarnath vs ENG, Mumbai, 1933
20 – Sourav Ganguly vs England, Lord’s, 1996
ODIs
Highest average for a batter in ICC events (1000+ runs)
65.2 – Shikhar Dhawan
64.6 – Virat Kohli
63.5 – Sourav Ganguly
63.4 – Saeed Anwar
63.3 – Vivian Richards
Most 100s for an India batter in ICC Tournaments
8 - Rohit Sharma
7 - Sourav Ganguly
6 - Sachin Tendulkar
6 - Shikhar Dhawan
Highest average against an opponent for an Indian batter in ODIs (15+ innings)
75.8 – Virat Kohli vs Bangladesh
69.4 – Shikhar Dhawan vs Sri Lanka
66.5 – Virat Kohli vs West Indies
65.6 – Ajay Jadeja vs Zimbabwe
65.4 – Virat Kohli vs South Africa
Most 50+ scores in ICC Champions Trophy
6 – Shikhar Dhawan
6 – Sourav Ganguly
6 – Rahul Dravid
5 – Rohit Sharma
5 – Damien Martyn
Highest average in ICC Champions Trophy (7+ innings)
88.2 – Virat Kohli
77.9 – Shikhar Dhawan
73.9 – Sourav Ganguly
61.5 – Damien Martyn
Most runs in an edition of ICC Champions Trophy
474 – Chris Gayle, 2006
363 – Shikhar Dhawan, 2013
348 – Sourav Ganguly, 2000
338 – Shikhar Dhawan, 2017
320 – Upul Tharanga, 2020
T20s
Most runs for an Indian batter in T20s
12886 – Virat Kohli
11830 – Rohit Sharma
9797 – Shikhar Dhawan
8654 – Suresh Raina
7605 – Suryakumar Yadav
Most 50+ scores for an Indian batter in T20s
106 – Virat Kohli
86 – Rohit Sharma
72 – Shikhar Dhawan
71 – KL Rahul
Most runs in IPL history
8004 – Virat Kohli
6769 – Shikhar Dhawan
6628 – Rohit Sharma
6565 – David Warner
Most 4s in IPL
768 – Shikhar Dhawan
705 – Virat Kohli
663 – David Warner
599 – Rohit Sharma
506 – Suresh Raina
Most boundaries (4s & 6s) in IPL
977 – Virat Kohli
920 – Shikhar Dhawan
899 – David Warner
879 –Rohit Sharma
Unique records scripted by Dhawan
> Dhawan is the only Indian batter to score a century before lunch on Day 1 of a Test Match (104* vs Afghanistan, Bengaluru, 2018)
> Dhawan is one of four Indian players — the others being Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh — to win the “Player of the Tournament” in an ICC event (Shikhar Dhawan – POTT – ICC Champions Trophy 2013)
> Dhawan is the first player in IPL history to hit back-to-back centuries (101* vs CSK, 106* vs PBKS – IPL 2020)
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