Shikhar Dhawan

Full Name: Shikhar Dhawan

Born: 5th December 1985, Delhi, India

Batting: Left-hand batsman

This gifted southpaw has been on the national selectors' radar ever since he was awarded the Man of the Tournament in the Under-19 World Cup in 2004. Since then, Shikhar Dhawan has maintained averages in excess of 40 in both first-class and List-A cricket, playing for his domestic side Delhi.

Batting at the crucial no.3 position, he felt almost at home when the IPL came about in 2008 - notching up 340 runs in 14 matches at an average of 38. In the 2009 season, Dhawan was traded to the Mumbai Indians in a direct swap for Ashish Nehra. Following the 2009 IPL season, Dhawan scored heaps of runs in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia and continued to rise through the ranks of promising young batsmen in the country.

Dhawan scored 451 runs for Delhi in the 2009-10 Ranji season at an average of 75, and continued his purple patch with a fighting knock of 70 against the visiting South Africans in February. He also sparkled in the recent Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, scoring two match-winning fifties in 5 games.

The 24-year old was one of the recipients of the Gavaskar-Border scholarship that facilitated his travel to Australia to receive coaching from some of the best at the Australian Cricket Academy.

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2009/10)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	47	75	5	3148	224	44.97	8	15	51.39	44

First-Class Career Bowling (2005/06-2009/10)

	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	72	4	29	0	0-0					2.41

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2009/10)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	61	61	9	2401	155*	46.17	7	11	83.07	24

One-Day Career Bowling (2008/09)

	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	2	0	1	1	1-1	1.00	0	0	2.00	3.00

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2009/10)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	29	28	6	665	75*	30.22	0	6	111.20	16

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India Under-19s	2	3	0	128	69	42.66	0	1	63.05	0

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India Under-19s	7	7	1	505	155*	84.16	3	1	93.51	2