{"id":149,"date":"2022-01-24T13:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamouspersonalities.com\/news\/?p=149"},"modified":"2022-01-24T13:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:04:22","slug":"10-unknown-facts-about-shikhar-dhawan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefamouspersonalities.com\/news\/10-unknown-facts-about-shikhar-dhawan\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Unknown facts about Shikhar Dhawan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shikhar Dhawan was born in New Delhi, India, on December 5, 1985. He is a former international cricketer of India and the Indian team&#8217;s limited-overs captain. Dhawan plays for Delhi in first-class cricket and the Delhi Capitals in the IPL as a left-handed opening batsman and an unusual right-arm off-break bowler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Dhawan was India&#8217;s leading run-scorer at the 2013 Champions Trophy, 2017 Champions Trophy, and 2015 World Cup. 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