India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been named captain of the IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad for the upcoming Champions League Twenty20.
In the IPL this season, Sunrisers were initially led by Sri Lanka's
Kumar Sangakkara but he was later replaced by Australia's Cameron White.
While Sangakkara has chosen to play for Sri Lankan outfit Kandurata Maroons in the Champions League, White remains in the Sunrisers squad for the tournament.
"Having excelled in the Indian team over the recent past, Shikhar has
dominated as a batsman and has been more than consistent," Tom Moody,
the coach of the Sunrisers, said. "He is a complete package as a player
and is considered a real team man. That's why we have decided to
elevate him and make him our new captain."
Dhawan heads into the three-week long tournament on the back of a series
of consistent performances including a Man-of-the-Series display in the
Champions Trophy where he scored a tournament-leading 363 runs, and a record-breaking 248 for the A team against South Africa A in Pretoria.
"Shikhar is ready to take on this honour and has shown great leadership
qualities in the past," Moody said. "His recent experiences on the
international stage and now the captaincy role will only enhance his
reputation as a top-grade cricketer."
Sunrisers will begin their CLT20 campaign with their first qualifying match on Tuesday, incidentally against Kandurata.
Shikhar Dhawan stunned all observers, and Australia, when he stroked his
way to the fastest Test century by a debutant. That debut, in Mohali in
2012-13, came to Dhawan in his ninth year of first-class cricket after
he had been written off by almost everybody, not least because India's
opening combination had been fixed to the most prolific combination in
their Test history: Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
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