Dhawan and his Luck while Scoring Centuries

Dhawan and his Luck while Scoring Centuries: The solid left-hander from Delhi, Shikhar Dhawan has been a consistent feature in the Indian team. Dhawan has an unreal luck during his batting as he went on to score big whenever his catch gets dropped by fielders or has a lucky escape during his innings. So far Dhawan has 11 international centuries with all of them coming since his international return in 2013 and all those hundreds came after he survived at least one threat of getting out.

Here we look at the chances Shikhar Dhawan has survived during his way to a Century at International level.

Dhawan and his Luck while Scoring Centuries

1. 187 vs Australia, Test match in 2013 at Mohali

–> Dhawan’s score 27: Henriques found an edge off Dhawan’s bat which flied towards slips. But the first slip fielder didn’t make any efforts to catch it expecting the 2nd slip to catch it, who was removed not long before that.

2. 114 vs South Africa, ODI match in 2013 at Cardiff

–> Dhawan’s score 23: Dhawan hooked a short ball off Kleinveldt which was misjudged by Morne Morkel at fine leg as a result the ball flied over his head and went away for a boundary.

3. 102* vs West Indies, ODI match in 2013 at The Oval

–> Dhawan’s score 22: Dhawan tried to cut the ball away from the point, Pollard put on a sensational effort but failed to hang on to it.

–> Dhawan’s score 41: Kemar Roach misjudged and dropped an attempted pull shot by Dhawan at fine-leg off Dwayne Bravo’s bowling.

4. 116 vs Zimbabwe, ODI match in 2013 at Harare

–> Dhawan’s score 3: Dhawan edged to slips off Jarvis but it was declared a no-ball with bowler overstepping the popping crease.

–> Dhawan’s score 14: Dhawan yet again edged off Jarvis but Brendon Taylor behind the stumps failed to catch it.

5. 100 vs Australia, ODI match in 2013 at Nagpur

–> Dhawan’s score 19: Maxwell dropped Dhawan’s cut shot at backward point off Faulkner’s bowling.

–> Dhawan’s score 56: This time on Maxwell’s bowling, Finch dropped Dhawan at covers.

6. 119 vs West Indies, ODI match in 2013 at Kanpur

–> Dhawan’s score 51: Darren Sammy failed to react in time to take the catch given by Dhawan off Sunil Narine’s bowling and put it down.

7. New Zealand, Test match in 2014 at Auckland

–> Dhawan’s score 7: Dhawan drove the ball towards covers off Southee where McCullum took a brilliant catch in the air but when he fell on the ground, his elbow got hit and his efforts went in vain as ball spilled from his hands.

8. 113 vs Sri Lanka, ODI match in 2014 at Cuttack

–> Dhawan’s score 10: Dhammika Prasad deceived Dhawan to edge off his bowling which went straight to keeper. But Sangakkara failed to grab the regulation chance.

9. 137 vs South Africa, ODI match in 2015 at Melbourne

–> Dhawan’s score 53: Dhawan played a cut shot off Parnell which went straight towards backward point, where Amla failed to hold on to his catch.

10. 100 vs Ireland, ODI match in 2015 at Hamilton

–> Dhawan’s score 5: John Mooney dropped the return catch given by Dhawan.

–> Dhawan’s score 10: Again in Mooney’s bowling Dhawan was dropped and Porterfield was the fielder who was at backward point.

–> Dhawan’s score 61: Dhawan tried to scoop it over the keeper but ended up hitting the helmet of keeper, which might have been a chance for Ireland to get Dhawan out.

11. 150* (Innings in progress) vs Bangladesh, Test match in 2015 at Fatullah

–> Dhawan’s score 73: Taijul Islam got Dhawan top edge a deliver which went on towards short mid-wicket, where Shuvagata Hom failed to put in a correct dive and let Dhawan escape.