Shikhar Dhawan grabs eyeballs with a Bollywood song as his latest Instagram post caption

Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan uploaded a photo of himself along with his son on Instagram on Tuesday and captioned it with a famous song from Bollywood actor Salman Khan's movie Tiger Zinda hai.  southpaw wrote, "Swag se karenge sabka swagat"  as he posted picture. 

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Shikhar Dhawan: Latest Instagram post

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It is surprise that Dhawan is an ardent Bollywood fan. Time and again he has shown his love for Hindi films on his official Instagram account. Indian opener often uses dialogues from Hindi films or ir names as his captions on Instagram.

t long back, he posted a picture of himself and captioned it by recreating a dialogue from Anil Kapoor-starrer Mr. India to say "Gabbar khush hua". Dhawan's nickname in team is Gabbar, which is a famous character from 1975 blockbuster Sholay. re is a story behind it which southpaw narrated in an interview.

This happened due to an incident that took place once during  Ranji Trophy. opposition team was batting and batsmen in middle had formed a long and solid partnership. Naturally, Dhawan and his team got bored with long partnership and his teammates needed some cheering up.

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Delhi lad reportedly wanted to get back energy on field and make it lively. So, he said a few dialogues to batsmen from slip cordon "Bohot yaarana lagta hain do ka (referring to ir strong partnership), Suvar ke Baccho!!" which left whole team in splits. This is one of famous dialogues from film Sholay, one of India's most adored films. dialogue was said by one of most iconic villains 'Gabbar'. Since n, Dhawan has been lovingly referred to by that name.

Dhawan's next mission will be to put in a good performance in T20I series against West Indies which will get underway on December 6. re are a few players who are in contention for opener's slot in T20Is. With T20 World Cup that will be played in Australia next year, this is a perfect opportunity for left-hander to cement his place in side.

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