An opener with a very high success rate!

Shikhar Dhawan came on the Test scene in style, with a blazing 187 against Australia at Mohali in 2013. But in the 13 Tests he has played since his debut, he has scored just one century and two half-centuries.

Shikhar Dhawan came on the Test scene in style, with a blazing 187 against Australia at Mohali in 2013. But in the 13 Tests he has played since his debut, he has scored just one century and two half-centuries. His scores in the last 13 Test innings is a disaster: 2, 12, 29, 7, 31, 6, 37, 25, 9, 24, 81, 28, and 0.

His poor form has not been restricted to Tests. In the three One-Day Internationals he played in the tri-series that followed the Tests against Australia, Dhawan has scored 2, 1, 8 and 38.

Quite clearly his form is a huge worry going for India into the ICC World Cup 2015 and there were serious doubts if he would even make the team for the World Cup, given his wretched form. The selectors showed faith in him, but some of his fans are not so charitable who have made a funny comparison with a bottle opener (above)!

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