Kolkata: Delhi Capitals advisor Sourav Ganguly described Shikhar Dhawan as one of the best opening batsmen in the world and revealed that his franchise was ‘desperate’ to rope in the left-hander after he left Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Back with his home team after being traded with Vijay Shankar, Shabaz Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma, the India opener regained his touch to smash an unbeaten 97 from 63 balls to script Delhi Capitals seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders here Friday night.
“Probably he’s one of the best opening batsmen in the world. We were desperate for Shikhar Dhawan when we heard that he’s going to leave SRH. Good that he is coming off,” Ganguly said. “It is an important phase of the tournament. It’s good to see Shikhar get a good score with the tournament entering the second phase.”
“It was more like a Shikhar Dhawan innings once he gets set, he takes the game away. He is a class act. He plays exactly the same way when he plays for India. He’s been scoring consistently in the shorter format in International cricket,” he added.
PTI
