‘I thought playing IPL and just…’: Shikhar Dhawan opens up on lack of inspiration after calling it off

Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan surprised everyone by the sudden announcement of his retirement. Even though it was expected given Dhawan didn’t play most of the IPL season, didn’t register himself for the Delhi Premier League and hadn’t played for India for more than 20 months. However, the suddenness of it all took many by a surprise as ‘Mr ICC’ for India decided to call time on his illustrious career, especially in the ODI format being at the forefront of India’s success in the Champions Trophy 2013 and 2017 and World Cup 2015 and 2019.