Former Indian all-rounder Rishi Dhawan has declared his retirement from Domestic one-day cricket after the completion of the Vijay Hazare Trophy group stage. Dhawan played three one-day internationals and a T20 international for India in 2016 before coming to this conclusion after Himachal Pradesh missed out on the quarter final stage of the tournament. However, an’extremely’commiserative’36-year-old will still remain eligible for selection for the next Ranji Trophy season which is beginning from January 23.
On his social media profile, Dhawan documented the news saying “Announcing my retirement from Indian cricket (limited-overs) Though there are no regrets, it is with a heavy heart that I do this”. I had been participating in this sport for the last 20 years of my life. He said “This game has remained close to my heart and filled with immense joy and has been a source of numerous cherished memories.”
Sunil Dhawan has earlier taken Himachal Pradesh to their first ever Vijay Hazare Trophy triumph in the 2021-22 season. This year, chamak played 196 runs from seven matches with the average of 39.20 with one fifty. This young man took his place as a medium pacer but has proved useful bagging eight wickets in as many games in the ongoing tournament.
To that, Dhawan said thank you to the BCCI, HPCA, Punjab Kings, Mumbai Indians, and the Kolkata Knight Riders for the chances given to him. Writing for the Medium blog, the Liverpool winger said: “From wherever I started, playing for my country on the biggest stages has been a cakewalk.
Dhawan played 134 List A matches in his career where he reached 2906 total runs and got 186 total wickets. In T20 cricket, played 135 match, scored 1,740 runs, besides bagging as many as 118 wickets.
In his typical manners, he took his time to thank his coaches, mentors, teammates, and other support staff, for the roles they have played in molding him into a cricketer, and a worthy individual.
In the IPL, Dhawan played for Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians between 2013 and 2024 but his role was somewhat less publicized.
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