Shikhar Dhawan gives first reaction after being dropped from ODI team, deletes post later

Shikhar Dhawan has been one of India's premier batsmen in limited-overs cricket in last dece. left-hander has performed impeccably in Indian colours since 2012 while forming a dely opening combination with India skipper Rohit Sharma. Dhawan has scored 6793 runs in 164 innings at an impressive aver of 44.11 with 17 hundred and 39 fifties. In absence of regular skipper Rohit in 50-over format, Shikhar has even led India to victory in several ODI and T20I series in past year. He has been an ever-reliable servant of Indian cricket since his debut.

However, things haven't been rosy for 37-year-old batsman in last few months. After being a constant presence in ODI team for past 10 years, Shikhar was dropped from squ for series against Sri Lanka. Shikhar hasn't looked at his best in recent series vs New Zealand and Banglesh and it has proved detrimental for him. It looks like India is heing in a  direction in 50-over format without Shikhar with ODI World Cup looming. 

Shikhar Dhawan reacted for first time after squ for Sri Lanka series was anunced. Dhawan posted a video of himself doing batting practice with an emotional caption in Punjabi. 

“It is t about winning or losing, it is all about your guts. Keep working hard and leave rest in hands of God,” Dhawan h written in caption in Punjabi. However, Dhawan deleted post later. 

Dhawan has been prolific for India in ODI format since 2020. He has scored 1275 runs in 33 innings at an aver of 42.6 aver. Shikhar has scored most number of runs for India since 2020 in ODIs and has 2nd best aver in ODIs (min 1000 runs). 

Team India squ for Sri Lanka series

India's squ for Sri Lanka T20Is: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Ishan Kishan (WK), Ruturaj Gaikw, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yav (VC), Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.

ODI Squ: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Hardik Pandya (VC), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yav, Axar Patel, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.