Lucknow Press
India’s star batsman Shikhar Dhawan, popularly known as ‘Gabbar’ in the cricket world, has announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket on the morning of 24 August. Dhawan’s record for India has been excellent not only at home but also on foreign soil.
However, not getting a place in the Indian team for a long time is being considered a major reason for Dhawan’s retirement. Meanwhile, fans of left-handed batsman Dhawan also have a question whether he will be seen playing in IPL 2025 after retirement or not?
Actually, Shikhar Dhawan has announced his retirement from international cricket as well as domestic cricket by sharing a video on social media, which means that he will not play in domestic events like Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy as well as IPL, because IPL is counted among the domestic T20 tournaments which are also recognized as domestic T20 league by ICC. Apart from this, Shikhar Dhawan’s IPL team Punjab Kings has also made it clear through a social media post that he will not be seen playing in the next season of IPL.
Punjab Kings shared a video of Dhawan and wrote, “Happy retirement to you. We are all eagerly waiting to see the next innings of your life.” Let us tell you that Shikhar Dhawan made his IPL debut in 2008 for the Delhi Capitals (Delhi Daredevils) team and he has also been a part of Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Dhawan played for Punjab Kings last season.
Talking about Shikhar Dhawan’s records in IPL, he has scored 6768 runs in 221 innings of 222 IPL matches at an average of 35.07, which includes 2 centuries and 51 half-century innings. Dhawan’s strike rate in IPL has been 127.12. He was part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team that won the IPL title in 2016.
