'End Of An Era': Shikhar Dhawan's Retirement Announcement Floods Social Media With Emotional Reactions

Shikhar Dhawan Retires: Social media floods with emotional reactions after the legendary India batter Shikhar Dhawan announces his retirement from international and domestic cricket.

Shikhar Dhawan Retires: Shikhar Dhawan’s retirement video has social media flooding with emotional responses from fans.

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Shikhar Dhawan Retires: Legendary India batter Shikhar Dhawan announced retirement from all forms of cricket on August 24 (Saturday). The left-handed Indian batter played 34 Tests, 167 ODIs, and 68 T20Is, scoring seven Test centuries, 17 ODI centuries and 11 T20I half-centuries. He made his India debut on October 10 in 2010 marking over 13 years of international cricket. The left-handed batter took to social media to announce the news with a heartwarming video that has fans emotional.

After making his ODI debut, Dhawan made his T20I debut against West Indies in 2011 and his Test debut in 2013 against Australia. Dhawan also had a long Indian Premier League (IPL) career from 2008 to 2024, playing for multiple teams, including Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. He won the IPL title once with Hyderabad.

Chants Of 'Thank You Gabbar' And 'End Of An Era' Echo On Social Media

Affectionately called ‘Gabbar’ by fans and teammates, Dhawan’s retirement video had social media flooding with emotional responses. Chants of ‘Thank you, Gabbar’ reverberated throughout the social media whereas a comment also read 'End of an era.'

Here's a few of the social media reactions on Shikhar Dhawan's retirement:

Your hard work, determination, quality cricketing skills, and great human being will always be remembered; thank you, boy, for wishing you all the best for the next career ahead. 👏

— Saeed Anwar (@ImSaeedAnwar) August 24, 2024

Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from international cricket 💔

Thank you, Gabbar !! pic.twitter.com/3esVuuDPg4

— ` (@WorshipDhoni) August 24, 2024

People will remember:
Gabbar ❤️♾️#ShikharDhawan #ThankYouShikharDhawan #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/HiVFxkLAR0

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) August 24, 2024

End of an era... Gabbar

Shikhar Dhawan RETIRED from INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.!!

- Thanks for the memories, 🙌#ShikharDhawan pic.twitter.com/pWTESsRwBl

— Mewati Matters (@MewatiEkta) August 24, 2024

𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! 🥹

Happy retirement, 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐫! Can't wait to see you 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 your way into the next innings of life! ❤️🕺#ShikharDhawan #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/8SoBzMGJAR

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) August 24, 2024

Streets won't forget Shikhar Dhawan's contribution to Indian Cricket especially in ICC tournaments. Thank you, Gabbar. #ShikharDhawan pic.twitter.com/9BPCPGmNxS

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) August 24, 2024

SHIKHAR DHAWAN PAJI ANNONCED RETIREMENT CRIKET.

Thanks for giving unforgatble memory MR. ICC ❤

Happy Retirement Gabbar शिखर धवन#ShikharDhawan pic.twitter.com/HZEF4G1xPC

— PretMeena (@PretMeena) August 24, 2024

An Indian player who has zero haters ..
But there was a lot of injuries with Shikhar Dhawan. The first wife betrayed, after that he was carried out without telling them, even Farewell did not play till the match. 😥
Happy retirement gabbar 💔💔 #Shikhardhawan pic.twitter.com/quYhKxFTwd

— Umesh Thakran ( किसान पुत्र ) (@UmeshThakran007) August 24, 2024