Shikhar Dhawan's Dream Test Debut -Saturday March 16,2013

Shikhar Dhawan made his Test debut in Mohali in the 3rd Test Match against Australia on Saturday March 16,2013 when he walked out with Murali Vijay  and fashioned an innings of such confidence and precision.

• Shikhar Dhawan by scoring 100 in 85 Balls becomes the fastest debutant century scorer surpassing the 93 ball century scored by Dwayne Smith(West Indies) against South Africa in 2004.

• Shikhar Dhawan is now the 13th Indian batsman to mark his debut with a century

• Shikhar Dhawan is the 1st Indian to score 150*+ Runs on a Debut Test Match(150 off 131 balls with 4x29 and 6x1)

• By scoring 185 on Day 3, Shikhar Dhawan become India's most successful batsman on Test debut, having surpassed Gundappa Vishwanath's 137 scored against Australia at Kanpur in 1969

• By scoring 185* on Day 3,  Shikhar Dhawan has surpassed the Indian record of most runs in debut match held by Lala Amarnath who made 156 (38 & 118 in 2 innings) against England (1933) in Mumbai.

• At close of play on Saturday Day 3, Shikhar Dhawan remain unbeaten at 185*off 168 balls having dominated India's first double-century stand against Australia and their seventh best partnership of all time. 
• The 283 Runs 1st wicket partnership netween Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay surpassed the earlier highest stand between Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan of 192 Runs in Bombay in 1979 against Austalia

• On Day 4 Sunday March 17,2013 Shikhar Dhawan got out for 187 Runs(in 174 Balls with 4x33 and 6x2)
• Shikhar Dhawan was declared the Man of the Match in the Mohali Test

 

About Shikhar Dhawan's Career(DOB Dec 5,1985)

• top-scored in the 2003 Under-19 World Cup with 505 runs at 84.16 in 7 innings is a record for a single U-19 World Cup

• made his Ranji debut for Delhi in 2004–05, finishing as the team's leading run-getter with 461 runs

• ODI Debut against Australia at Vizak in Oct 2010 and bowled for a second-ball duck by Clint McKay

• Shikhar Dhawan was in excellent form in the 2012-13 season,as he scored 833 runs at 55.53 including four hundreds and three fifties. He started with consecutive centuries in the quarter-final and semi-final of the Duleep Trophy and then made 524 runs in eight Ranji Trophy matches captaining Delhi.

• has scored 5679 Runs in 81 Matches at an average of 45.79, with 16 centuries and 24 fifties