<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/shikhar-dhawan-announces-retirement-from-cricket-23379917" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Shikhar Dhawan</strong></a>&rsquo;s retirement announcement came as a surprise to Madan Sharma, one of his New Delhi-based childhood coaches.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I did not expect [to hear of] Shikhar&rsquo;s retirement decision. Maybe there are some assignments which he wants to undertake,&rdquo; Madan told mid-day from the Capital on Saturday.</p>
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<p>Madan, however, felt his ward could have gone on for a couple of years. &ldquo;Yes, he could have. Even Rohit [Sharma] had told Shikhar to keep himself ready for the 2023 ODI World Cup and said, &lsquo;you need to play in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/what-makes-jasprit-bumrah-stand-out-from-other-bowlers-team-india-rohit-sharma-23378017" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>World Cup</strong></a>.&rsquo; Later, Ishan Kishan scored a double century [210 v Bangladesh in an ODI] and Shubman Gill got runs. He then may have thought that it&rsquo;s time for young players to come in. I think he would have felt better had he got a series to announce his retirement,&rdquo; remarked Madan. Dhawan was also a student of award-winning departed coach Tarak Sinha and he did not fail to mention them on Saturday: &ldquo;I always had one goal in mind [and] that was to play for India. I achieved it thanks to a lot of people. First of all, my family, my childhood coach Tarak Sinha and Madan Sharma. Under their guidance, I learnt cricket.&rdquo;</p>
<p>While recalling Dhawan&rsquo;s childhood days, when the left-hander enrolled for coaching at the age of 12, Madan said: &ldquo;He played practice matches competitively too. He disliked losing. He would feel hurt if his team lost even if he scored a hundred and was never afraid of getting injured.&rdquo;</p><p>
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“I did not expect [to hear of] Shikhar’s retirement decision. Maybe there are some assignments which he wants to undertake,” Madan told mid-day from the Capital

'Shikhar Dhawan could have gone on for a couple of years': Madan Sharma

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“I did not expect [to hear of] Shikhar’s retirement decision. Maybe there are some assignments which he wants to undertake,” Madan told mid-day from the Capital on Saturday

"Shikhar Dhawan could have gone on for a couple of years": Madan Sharma

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