Shikhar Dhawan spills out his Mantra for success

Indian opener, Shikhar Dhawan, who is currently in the form of his life, scored yet another ton today in the Third Test match at Pallekele. In an interview post Stumps on Day 1, Dhawan finally revealed the reason for his success off-late. The southpaw now believes to be aggressive even during the times of failure, unlike previous occasions where he tended to be defensive in his approach.

Dhawan, in his breezy knock of 119, thrashed as many as 17 boundaries while striking the ball at a rate of almost 97 in Test cricket. He also forged a mammoth 188 run partnership with KL Rahul who scored his seventh consecutive half century but was dismissed on 85. The duo set the record for highest number runs by any opening pair against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

“When I experienced failure, I had a different kind of approach. I was more on the defensive mode but now I try to go and express myself out there and play my natural game. So that has worked for me. I try to back myself as much as possible. The wicket is a bit on the slower side and doesn’t have much of bounce on it. Rahul and I, we played very nicely. We got out playing shots. It was not as if we were getting out because of the track or anything,” claimed Shikhar Dhawan according to NDTV Sports.

Dhawan on his dismissal

“I said jokingly that if you bat like a king, you should also get out like a king, you should not be dismissed like a soldier. If you have made runs aggressively, then you will get out that way too. That’s how it is. I know I am an aggressive batsman so I would rather get out that way (pull to square leg) than getting out in the slips and being defensive because that is not my natural game,” said Dhawan, after he tried to pull Pushpakumara but handed a catch to Chandimal placed at Square leg.