Veteran Indian player Shikhar Dhawan recently retired from international cricket. Now he has returned to the cricket field. He rocked on his return. Dhawan scored a stormy half-century in Legends League Cricket. He scored a half-century in just 37 balls under the captaincy of Gujarat Legends. He thrashed the bowlers of Southern Super Stars. However, his team could not win.
Dhawan scored at a strike rate of 108.33
Shikhar hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. During this, his strike rate was 108.33. Dhawan scored 52 runs in 48 balls. He was caught out by Chaturanga de Silva on the ball of Suranga Lakmal. Earlier, in his first match of the league played on Sunday, Dhawan scored 21 runs in 20 balls. In the second match, he made a strong comeback and showed that he still has a lot of cricket left in him.
Defeat of Gujarat Greats
Talking about the result of the match, Southern Super Stars defeated Gujarat Greats by 26 runs. Southern Super Stars, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 144 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Chaturanga de Silva scored an unbeaten 53 runs for them. In reply, Gujarat Greats could only score 118 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. No one batted except Shikhar Dhawan. Pawan Negi took 3 wickets.
Made a great pair with Rohit
Dhawan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket last month and has emerged as one of the best ODI openers India has ever produced. Dhawan formed a formidable partnership with Rohit Sharma, India's second most successful ODI opening pair after the legendary duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.