Dropped from Test side, Shikhar Dhawan hits the gym for some rigorous training

The last 8 weeks have been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride for India’s stylish opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan. The left-hander starred for India in the recently concluded Asia Cup in the UAE, which India won narrowly against Bangladesh in a thrilling final. However, prior to a victorious Asia Cup campaign, Dhawan was perhaps down in the dumps following a dismal Test series against England.

Shikhar Dhawan is yet to establish himself as a successful Test cricketer, especially outside the subcontinent. However, the selectors backed him to perform against England. After Murali Vijay was sent back home following two failures in the first two Tests, Dhawan was pretty much assured an opening slot alongside KL Rahul. He nevertheless failed to convert his starts into big scores, and was dismissed repeatedly playing shots outside the off stump.

Shikhar Dhawan carries India to 7th Asia Cup title

But ‘Gabbar’ was able to leave the disappointing England Test series behind and came back to India’s ODI setup for the Asia Cup in style. Alongside skipper Rohit Sharma, Dhawan piled up the runs for team India, and made short work of chases in the tournament. He finished with two centuries in the Asia Cup, and eventually went home with the Man of the Series award for scoring the most number of runs in the tournament.

Shikhar Dhawan would have been hoping to sneak back into India’s Test squad, but the selectors decided to go with youngster Prithvi Shaw, who immediately delivered with a sensational century on debut. Nevertheless, Dhawan has been hitting the gym and posted a video of him working out ahead of the limited overs series against the Windies. The video had the following caption, “Holidays doesn’t make any difference to me. Nothing stops me from training.”

Here’s his Instagram post

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Holidays doesn’t make any difference to me .Nothing stops me from training!!💪🏼💪🏼👊🏼

A post shared by Shikhar Dhawan (@shikhardofficial) on Oct 7, 2018 at 11:26pm PDT

The opener is likely to be back in India colours for the limited-overs series against the Windies. India will take on Jason Holder’s men in 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is after the completion of the second and final Test in Hyderabad. Virat Kohli and co will then travel to Australia for a lengthy series which begins on November 21 with a 3-match T20I series.

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