Stats: Shikhar Dhawan - The beast of ODI tournaments

Shikhar Dhawan raises his game a notch when it comes to the big ODI tournaments

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Shikhar Dhawan of India. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Shikhar Dhawan came into the Champions Trophy 2017 will all fingers pointed at him and questions raised about his credibility to be in the squad for the tournament. But the left-hander opener proved each and every wrong by smashing a century in the 2nd game against Sri Lanka following his 68 in the first game against Pakistan.

Dhawan usually puts out his best in the big ODI tournaments, which is evident from his great record in those. His century vs Sri Lanka was his 3rd in the Champions Trophy and his 5th in the ICC ODI events.

Shikhar Dhawan’s record in big tournaments in ODI cricket:

TournamentMatchesInnsRunsHSAveSR100s50s
ICC Champions Trophy7755612592.66100.932
World Cup8841213751.591.7521
Asia Cup44192944877.102

 

With 556 runs, Dhawan stands at No.9 in the highest run-getters list of the Champions Trophy. His average of 92.66 among the players with 500 runs in the CT is easily the highest for any player.

Highest run-getters in the Champions Trophy:

PlayerTeamMatInnsRunsHSAveSR100s50s
CH GayleWest indies1717791133*52.7388.7731
DPMD JayawardeneSri Lanka222174284*41.2284.805
KC SangakkaraSri Lanka2221683134*37.9471.3614
SC GangulyIndia1311665141*73.8883.1233
JH KallisSouth Africa1717653113*46.6477.4613
R DravidIndia19156277648.2373.3306
RT PontingAustralia1818593111*39.5376.5114
S ChanderpaulWest indies16165877453.3667.9305
S DhawanIndia7755612592.66100.932
ST JayasuriyaSri Lanka2020536102*29.7788.0111

 

Among the 10 players with 500 runs in the Champions Trophy, Shikhar Dhawan is the fastest to complete the 500-run tally taking only 7 innings. He broke Sourav Ganguly’s record as the former-Indian captain took 8 innings.

Fastest to 500 runs in the Champions Trophy:

PlayerTeamInnings Taken
Shikhar DhawanIndia7
Sourav GangulyIndia8
Jacques KallisSouth Africa12
Chris GayleWest Indies12
Rahul DravidIndia13

 

With his century against Sri Lanka, Dhawan became the 4th batsman to score 3 centuries in the Champions Trophy. If he adds one more century to his tally, he will be the first player to hit 4 centuries in CT.

Most centuries in the Champions Trophy:

PlayerTeamMatInns100s
S DhawanIndia773
HH GibbsSouth Africa10103
SC GangulyIndia13113
CH GayleWest indies17173

 

Adding his two centuries in the World Cup, Shikhar Dhawan now has 5 centuries in the ICC ODI tournaments. Only 4 players have scored more than 5 centuries in the ICC ODI events.

Most centuries in the ICC ODI events:

PlayerTeamMatInns100s
SC GangulyIndia34327
SR TendulkarIndia61587
RT PontingAustralia64606
KC SangakkaraSri Lanka59566
S DhawanIndia15155
TM DilshanSri Lanka42385
CH GayleWest Indies43435
HH GibbsSouth Africa35335
Saeed AnwarPakistan25255

 

Dhawan has scored 968 runs at an average of 69.14 in the ICC events which is the 2nd highest average for any player in the ICC events. Andrew Symonds has an average of 76.66 in these events.

Highest average in ICC ODI events: (Min: 500 runs)

PlayerTeamMatchesInnsRunsHSAveSR100s50s
A SymondsAustralia2619690143*76.6695.4315
S DhawanIndia151596813769.1496.853
Saeed AnwarPakistan25251204113*63.3678.7954
IVA RichardsWest Indies2321101318163.3185.0535
SC GangulyIndia3432167118361.8879.6476
GM TurnerNew Zealand1414612171*61.264.0122

 

Adding up his performances in Asia Cup, Dhawan averages 64.44 in the big tournaments, the highest average for any player who has 1000 or more runs in the ODI tournaments containing 5 or more nations.

Highest average in the ODI tournaments with 5 or more countries: (Min: 500 runs)

PlayerTeamMatchesInnsRunsHSAveSR100s50s
S DhawanIndia1919116013764.4492.8755
SC GangulyIndia4038191518358.0376.5679
Saeed AnwarPakistan33331518113*56.2282.7255
HH GibbsSouth Africa3533152714354.5386.8159
R DravidIndia4741169514552.9675.7313

(Stats as on June 8th, 2017)

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