A renowned batsman and a formidable opener of Indian Cricket Team Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from International and domestic cricket. Shikhar, one of the finest white ball opener of the team leaves international cricket scoring 10,867 runs from 269 matches with 24 centuries, 44 fifties. However, he will be see playing Indian Premier League ( IPL).

“It's not like it is a tough decision for me. I am not even emotional. I don't want to cry or something. But mostly it's gratitude and love. I have spent most of my life playing cricket and I feel I've reached a stage where I want to rest now – from international and domestic", said Dhawan exclusively to Hindustan Times. "My Test debut is my personal favourite. I came into the team and made that record. I scored 187. I always used to dream of playing for India and making world records. I wasn't even aware of the world record. I was just happy to cement my place in the Test team", he added.

Dhawan represented India in 34 tests, 167 ODIs, and 68 T20s from 2010 to 2022. He debuted in international cricket on 2010 against Australia in Vishakhapatnam. His remarkable centuries are counted in 17 ODI and 7 test matches. His achievements includes a participation in Champions Trophy of 2013 that the team won under M S Dhoni's captaincy.