Shikhar Dhawan turns 34: Top 4 entertaining Instagram posts of Indian cricket's 'Gabbar'

India opener Shikhar Dhawan celebrates his 34th birthday on Thursday. southpaw who is kwn for his entertaining game on field is as entertaining off field as well. He keeps on winning hearts of his followers regularly on Instagram with funny, witty or sweet posts.

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Shikhar Dhawan: 4 Instagram posts of Indian opener that broke internet

1. Mimicking Akshay Kumar

After India defeated Bangladesh in second T20I at Rajkot, Dhawan along with teammates Khaleel Ahmed and Yuzvendra Chahal was seen having a good laugh after mimicking Hindi film actor Akshay Kumar's character from movie Housefull 4. opener took to his social media handle to post a video of him mimicking Akshay's character Bala from movie. He is seen acting out actor's part where he forgets what he was saying on hearing a ringing sound. 

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2. An adorable moment with his opening partner Rohit Sharma's daughter

Dhawan was seen playing with Rohit Sharma's daughter Samaira while she was sitting on her far's lap. Sharma became a far in January. "Some masti with adorable Samaira," Dhawan wrote in caption.

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3. Quotes a dialogue from Sholay 'Gabbar Khush Hua'

It's secret that Shikhar Dhawan's nickname is 'Gabbar'. re is a story behind Dhawan getting that nickname which he had once narrated. This happened due to one of incidents 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. 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. 

4. Shikhar Dhawan shows his 'swag'

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.   southpaw uploaded a photo of himself along with his son on Instagram 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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