Team India's stylish Southpaw Shikhar Dhawan was seen in an all-new 'Singham' avatar in his latest Instagram reel. "Aali Re Aali! Aata Tujhi Baari Aali! Coming Soon For Something New," Dhawan captioned the post. In the viral short clip, Dhawan can be seen playing role of a cop as he battles the goons with popular song 'Singham' running in background.
Shikhar Dhawan will return to action in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, set to start from March 31 with a match between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. After 2019, IPL will be played in its original home and away format. This means every team will play an equal number of matches on its home and away grounds. A total of 70 matches will be played in this year's IPL. At the same time, including all the playoff matches, 74 matches will be played in 2023 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Dhawan will captain Punjab Kings in IPL 2023. If he performs well, he might somehow find a way back into the national team for the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023, set to be hosted in India.
Punjab Kings bought Shikhar Dhawan for Rs 8.25 crore. Talking about Dhawan's IPL career, he has so far scored 6244 runs in 205 innings of 206 IPL games with help of 47 fifties and 2 tons.
Punjab Kings Squad for IPL 2023
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Liam Livingstone, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Baltej Dhanda, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Tyde, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwat Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Arshdeep Singh.