Watch: Shikhar Dhawan opens up about his special bond with Rohit Sharma
After the retirement of Virendra Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, Team India was in search of a new opening pair. The search came to an end when Shikhar Dhawan paired up with Rohit Sharma. Later, these two became good friends and, to date, share a good relationship with each other.
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After the retirement of Virendra Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, Team India was in search of a new opening pair. The search came to an end when Shikhar Dhawan paired up with Rohit Sharma. Later, these two became good friends and, to date, share a good relationship with each other. During an online conversation, Dhawan spoke out about his bond with Sharma. MS Dhoni, who was then the captain of Team India, helped them to form a partnership on and off the field.
Dhawan said that Rohit Sharma got early exposure in his international career while he was in domestic cricket. When Shikhar made his debut for Team India, he was more mature than before. By then, Rohit had also played several matches for India and gathered valuable experiences at the highest order of cricket. India was then in search of a new opening pair. Later, Mahendra Singh Dhoni formed a new opening pair with Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma.
As they were the opening combination, as a natural impact, they came to know more about each other. Dhawan further claimed that because of the good understanding between them, they played together for almost ten years as a formidable opening pair for Team India. The Rohit Sharma & Shikhar Dhawan opening partnership was one of India's most successful ODI duos, forming a prolific right-left combination that amassed over 5,148 runs together, ranking them fourth overall in ODI history and second for India after Tendulkar & Ganguly, known for explosive starts and big scores, including a 210-run stand against Pakistan in the 2018 Asia Cup.
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Watch what Shikhar Dhawan said about his friendship with Rohit Sharma
"Rohit and I have always shared great understanding and friendship. He entered international cricket early, while I came in later as a more mature domestic player. When Dhoni bhai asked him to open, it marked the beginning of our partnership," Dhawan said in an interview with Revsportz.
"Our earlier grinding in our respective circuits gave us the confidence and maturity we brought to Team India. Building and sustaining that partnership for 10 years was a beautiful journey."
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