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00:00Sholay Movie Connection
00:06Shikhar Dhawan Retirement
00:08Shikhar Dhawan, known as the Gabbar of the Indian team, has retired from international
00:12cricket.
00:13He played his last ODI in 2020 too.
00:19Origin of Gabbar in Cricket
00:22The character Gabbar was made famous by actor Amjad Khan in the 1970 five-film Sholay.
00:32Shikhar Dhawan's Delhi friends would call him by this name.
00:38Why Shikhar Dhawan is called Gabbar
00:40Shikhar Dhawan's batting on the field was aggressive.
00:43He would face the bowlers fearlessly.
00:45This style of his reminded his friends of Gabbar Singh.
00:50Shikhar Dhawan Mocking Batsmen
00:52During a rangy trophy match, Shikhar Dhawan, playing for Delhi, was commentating and mocking
00:57the batsmen.
00:58His commentary included dialogues from the movie Sholay.
01:04Six words made Shikhar Dhawan Gabbar.
01:07He said that he got the name Gabbar because he kept repeating a dialogue from the movie
01:11Sholay while mocking the batsmen during commentary.
01:16Who first called Shikhar Dhawan Gabbar?
01:19In an interview, Shikhar Dhawan said that while he was imitating a Sholay dialogue,
01:25his coach Vijay gave him the nickname Gabbar.
01:30Shikhar Dhawan's Cricket Career
01:32Shikhar Dhawan has scored 2 315 runs in 34 tests at an average of 40.61, 7, 430, 6 runs
01:40in 160, 7 ODI at an average of 40, 4.11, and won 750, 9 runs in 60, 8 T20s.