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Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan will captain team India in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka.
In Test cricket and T20 format, Shikhar Dhawan had middling success. But in the 50-over format, Dhawan is one of the principal batsmen for team India. He has made 5977 runs at an impressive average of 45.28 in 142 ODIs.
The Sri Lankan team had previously faced Shikhar Dhawan in ODI games and they are well aware of his power with the bat. Dhawan had made 983 runs in just 16 ODIs at an average of 70.
21 against Sri Lanka. His average against Sri Lanka is the highest as compared to any other country. Dhawan also maintained an impressive strike rate of 98.30.
Some of his top performance against Sri Lanka is as follow:
132* in 2017, ODI series
India had players against Sri Lanka in their first ODI in 2017 visit to the island nation. Virat Kohli had won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Indian bowlers had performed impressively and dismissed Sri Lankan players for 216 runs. While Axar Patel took three wickets, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Kedar Jadhav took a couple of wickets as well.
During the chase, Rohit Sharma had been dismissed early. But Dhawan's 132* along with 82* by Kohli had helped India chase the run comfortably. They had formed a 167 run partnership for the second wicket to lead India to a win with 21 overs to spare.
Shikhar Dhawan had made 132 runs off just 90 balls including 20 boundaries and 3 sixes. Thereby, he was also awarded the player of the match trophy.
125 runs in the 2017 Champions Trophy
In the Group B encounter of the 2017 Champions Trophy, India faced Sri Lanka at the Oval. Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews had won the toss and had invited India to bat first.
Rohit Sharma had made 78 runs along with 125 runs by Shikhar Dhawan. They successfully formed an opening partnership of 138 runs in almost 25 overs. In 50 overs, India had made 321 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. MS Dhoni had made 63 runs to help the team cross the 300 runs mark.
In 128 deliveries, Dhawan had made 125 runs including 15 boundaries and one six. But the 322 run target was not enough to beat Sri Lanka. They had won with seven wickets and eight deliveries to spare.