The veteran Indian opener, Shikhar Dhawan is celebrating his turned 35 on Saturday, and the likes of Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh took to social media to wish the flamboyant southpaw on his birthday. The Delhi Capitals (DC) batsman is currently with the Indian cricket team in Australia for their ongoing tour and was part of the 2-1 ODI series defeat. Team India took a 1-0 lead in the following T20I series.
Former Indian all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh, who is known for his social media presence, tweeted, “Janamdin di lakh, lakh vadhaiyan jatt ji @SDhawan25! Wishing you good health and loads of success.! Create some thunder down under!”
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Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag also took to social to pass on his wishes and admiration for Dhawan. Wishing the southpaw on his birthday, Sehwag wrote: “Many Many happy returns of the day to an ever-smiling guy I admire a lot, @SDhawan25. Sasural mein khoob khoob run banao baaki matches mein bhi aur har khushi manaao. May you get to have many more celebrations, itni ki jaanghein laal ho jaayein”.
Janamdin di lakh, lakh vadhaiyan jatt ji @SDhawan25! Wishing you good health and loads of success.! Create some thunder down under! 👍👊 pic.twitter.com/dRsdbiq9cL
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) December 5, 2020
Many Many happy returns of the day to a ever smiling guy I admire a lot , @SDhawan25 . Sasural mein khoob khoob run banao baaki matches mein bhi aur har khushi manaao. May you get to have many more celebrations , itni ki jaanghein laal ho jaayein . pic.twitter.com/8U5MVHLlaX
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 5, 2020
Dhawan’s Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals also wished him on social media. Dhawan played a huge role in their run to this year’s final in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where they lost to Mumbai Indians (MI).
“100% Swag 200% Entertainment 300% Happiness Wishing @SDhawan25, the man who’s an emotion within himself, a very Happy Birthday #YehHaiNayiDilli #HappyBirthdayGabbar”, the club tweeted.
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2011 ODI World Cup winner Gautam Gambhir tweeted, “Many many happy returns of the day @SDhawan25! Have a great one brother! Enjoy your day! Good luck for everything!”
100% Swag 😎
200% Entertainment 🤩
300% Happiness ☺️Wishing @SDhawan25, the man who's an emotion within himself, a very Happy Birthday 🎂💙#YehHaiNayiDilli #HappyBirthdayGabbar pic.twitter.com/qUOkk6VKqo
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) December 4, 2020
Many many happy returns of the day @SDhawan25! Have a great one brother! Enjoy your day! Good luck for everything! pic.twitter.com/ko8yJVTuq8
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) December 5, 2020
Here are the other wishes from cricketers and his fans on social media:
Fastest Test century on debut 👌
Fastest to 1000 ODI runs in ICC tournaments 👍
9,712 international runs and 24 tons 💪Here's wishing #TeamIndia's swashbuckling batsman @SDhawan25 a very happy birthday. 🎂👏
Let's relive his stroke-filled ton against Sri Lanka 📽️👇
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 5, 2020
🇮🇳 Happy birthday to Shikhar Dhawan! 🎂
👕 34 Tests, 139 ODIs, 62 T20Is
🏏 9712 international runs
💯 24 centuries🤝 Along with Rohit Sharma, he is part of the most prolific partnership in men's T20I cricket, with the pair having scored 1️⃣7️⃣4️⃣3️⃣ runs together 🔥 pic.twitter.com/oAXvH6jj84
— ICC (@ICC) December 5, 2020
Happy birthday 🥳 Gabbar bhaiya 🎂🎂 @SDhawan25 pic.twitter.com/Hi26d0VcQv
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) December 5, 2020
Wishing @SDhawan25 a very very happy birthday. May you have a wonderful year and enjoy lots of success and happiness, Shikhar. pic.twitter.com/Wyrbsu3Nyh
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 5, 2020
Dhawan is also part of India’s T20I squad, and played in the first T20I on Friday, which the visitors won by 11 runs. The second T20I of the three-match series will be played on Sunday.
