{"id":495495,"date":"2023-12-05T14:18:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T08:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=495495"},"modified":"2023-12-05T14:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T09:01:45","slug":"happy-birthday-shikhar-dhawan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/happy-birthday-shikhar-dhawan\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Shikhar Dhawan: Social media wishes former Indian opener on his 38th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian fans and Indian cricket fraternity wished former Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan on his 38<sup>th<\/sup> birthday on Tuesday.The social media was flooded with birthday wishes for the left handed batsman. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to X(formerly Twitter) and wished Shikhar Dhawan a very Happy Birthday . The BCCI highlighted the remarkable journey of the former Indian batsman acknowledging his impressive statistics and the total number of runs scored by him. BCCI noted his significant contribution to the success of the Indian team as he was an important part of the 2013 Champions trophy-winning team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">269 intl. matches \ud83d\udc4c<br>10,867 intl. runs \ud83d\ude4c<br>2\u20e30\u20e31\u20e33\u20e3 Champions Trophy winner \ud83c\udfc6<br><br>Here&#39;s wishing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SDhawan25?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SDhawan25<\/a> a very Happy Birthday! \ud83c\udf82\ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rbwUdPQvP9\">pic.twitter.com\/rbwUdPQvP9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1731876944831213711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricketer Manoj Tiwary wished the former Indian cricketer and wrote Happy Birthday to someone who is an in born fighter, a champion cricketer, a supremely good human being and a gem of a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc32 to someone who is an \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27-\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b, \ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b, \ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc20\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc21\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20 \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc20\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc26 \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1f \ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1d!! \ud83e\udd73<br><br>Have a good one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SDhawan25?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SDhawan25<\/a> \ud83c\udf8a\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udfcf<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShikharDhawan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShikharDhawan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9VqeCkN4EY\">pic.twitter.com\/9VqeCkN4EY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tiwarymanoj\/status\/1731928877403193514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Kings took to X and wished the left handed batsman a very Happy Birthday. They wrote the eyes, they never lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The eyes, Chico, \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc25\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e.\ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShikharDhawan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShikharDhawan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaddaPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaddaPunjab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PunjabKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PunjabKings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthdayShikharDhawan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthdayShikharDhawan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E9BUEbg4p1\">pic.twitter.com\/E9BUEbg4p1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PunjabKingsIPL\/status\/1731878692576690562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> In another post Punjab Kings tweeted Aaj de dintan party karni chahidi hai veer ji. Lets come together and wish sadda kaptaan Shikhar Dhawan a very Happy Birthday and a smashing year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\ude08\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2b \ud835\ude25\ud835\ude26 \ud835\ude25\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude35\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude31\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude3a \ud835\ude2c\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude2a \ud835\ude24\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude2a \ud835\ude29\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2a \ud835\ude37\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33 \ud835\ude2b\ud835\ude2a! \ud83e\udd29<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SherSquad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SherSquad<\/a>, let&#39;s come together to wish sadda \ud83e\udd81 kaptaan Shikhar Dhawan a very <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthday<\/a> and smashing year ahead. \ud83c\udf82<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShikharDhawan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShikharDhawan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaddaPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaddaPunjab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PunjabKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PunjabKings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dpSZevdQHd\">pic.twitter.com\/dpSZevdQHd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PunjabKingsIPL\/status\/1731743215731286121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One social media user Prathmesh said Shikhar Dhawan never played selfish cricket. He never cared about personal milestones and was the best friend of Rohit Sharma. Prathmesh wished him a very happy birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never Played selfish \u2705<br>Never cared about Milestones \u2705<br>Best Friend of Rohit \u2705<br><br>Wishing Shikhar Dhawan a Very Happy Birthday! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YN2xrtEYbO\">pic.twitter.com\/YN2xrtEYbO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u1d18\u0280\u1d00\u1d1b\u029c\u1d0d\u1d07s\u029c\u2074\u2075 (@45Fan_Prathmesh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/45Fan_Prathmesh\/status\/1731930212177469663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One fan Rushi wrote Rohit Sharma had said Shikhar Dhawan is his favourite batting partner. Rushi wrote all the cricket fans deserved to see Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan&nbsp; playing together at least once. He wished Shikhar Dhawan a very Happy Birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rohit Sharma said &quot;Shikhar Dhawan is my favorite batting partner&quot;.\ud83e\udd7a<br><br>we cricket fans deserve to see them again playing together atleast for once \ud83e\udd7a\u2764\ufe0f<br><br>Happy birthday Shikhar Dhawan\ud83e\udef6<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RsY7TqWrrE\">pic.twitter.com\/RsY7TqWrrE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc22\u2074\u2075 (@rushiii_12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rushiii_12\/status\/1731893612533682239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another user Prashant Chowdhary shared a video of Shikhar Dhawan and captioned it Happy Birthday Shikhar Dhawan Paaji!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Birthday Shikhar Dhawan Paaji!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShikharDhawan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShikharDhawan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GQKbebnELb\">pic.twitter.com\/GQKbebnELb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u091a\u094c\u0927\u0930\u0940\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@PrashantJat47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrashantJat47\/status\/1731742887103373390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> One social media user Ratnish said the streets won\u2019t forget Shikhar Dhawan\u2019s contribution in Indian cricket. He said Shikhar Dhawan had taught everyone to smile no matter what the situation and wished him Happy Birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Streets won&#39;t forget Shikhar Dhawan&#39;s contribution to Indian Cricket. Also to the man who teaches us to smile no matter what the situation. Happy Birthday, Gabbar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tbZGEwlW4p\">pic.twitter.com\/tbZGEwlW4p<\/a><\/p>&mdash; R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoyalSachinFan\/status\/1731907345436041580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to X(formerly Twitter) and wished Shikhar Dhawan a very Happy Birthday . 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