During the period from 2013 to 2022, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma formed a prolific opening partnership for Team India in ODIs, accumulating a total of 5,148 runs. The veteran opener, Dhawan, shared a successful stint with Rohit Sharma at the top of the order, contributing significantly to setting formidable targets and orchestrating memorable run chases in One Day Internationals (ODIs). To be precise, Dhawan and Rohit achieved the milestone of scoring 5,148 runs while opening for Team India in ODIs between 2013 and 2022.
The India duo is the fourth in ODI history to cross the 5000-run mark as openers. Only Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly, Adam Gilchrist-Matthew Hayden, and Gordon Greenidge-Desmond Haynes have achieved the staggering feat in the 50-over format. While Dhawan has fallen behind in the pecking order, Rohit is India’s all-format opener and leader in the international arena.
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Shikhar Dhawan on collaboration with India skipper Rohit
Speaking about his camaraderie with Rohit, senior batter Dhawan credited the Indian skipper for his best performances. “My collaboration with Rohit & his support at the other end at the top of the order has been instrumental in providing strong starts to the team, setting the foundation for successful chases and big totals. I seriously give credit for a lot of my best performances to Rohit’s support,” Dhawan said.
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‘Our best innings was…’
Taking a trip down memory lane, the out-of-favour batter also picked his best opening stand with Rohit. “Rohit on the other end gives that sense of comfort and assurance. I think our best innings was a 193-run opening stand against Australia in the fourth ODI at Mohali in 2019 & the second best will be against Pakistan in the 2018 Asia Cup in Dubai where we put together a 210-run stand for the first wicket,” Dhawan added.
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