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I am back in picture for opening slot: Shikhar Dhawan

By Saurabh Sharma January 11, 2020 • 10:27 AM View: 1152

Pune, Jan 11: Left-handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who was among runs during the T20I series against Sri Lanka, believes now that he has performed he is in the picture again for the opening slot as India prepare for World T20.

Dhawan scored a brisk 52 in India's series-clinching win over Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I at the MCA Stadium on Friday. He registered a 97-run opening stand with KL Rahul, who also notched up his ninth T20I fifty.

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