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Should India Look Beyond Shikhar Dhawan As T20I Opener?
Cricket Today
|November 15, 2019
Dhawan has so far featured in 57 T20I games for India, and has scored 1,485 runs at an average of 28.01 and a strike rate of 128.34...
The second T20I between India and Bangladesh at Rajkot saw the hosts level-ling the series thanks to a sublime batting effort from stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma.
Rohit featured in an opening stand of 118 in 10.5 overs with Shikhar Dhawan. However, while Rohit eased his way to 85 from 43 balls, Dhawan made a slow 31 from 27 balls before a blind heave cost him his wicket.
The left-hander’s steady yet unimpressive knock at Rajkot once again brought the focus back on his T20I numbers.
This story is from the November 15, 2019 edition of Cricket Today.
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