Shikher Dhawan now captain of KINGS XI Punjab 2023 :-> Dhawan’s rise was endorsed on Wednesday during an executive gathering and was supported by Trevor Bayliss, Rulers’ new lead trainer
Shikher Dhawan now captain of KINGS XI punjab 2023
Shikhar Dhawan is set to supplant Mayank Agarwal as skipper of Punjab Lords from IPL 2023. ESPNcricinfo has discovered that Dhawan’s height was endorsed on Wednesday during an establishment executive gathering and was upheld by Trevor Bayliss, Lords’ recently selected lead trainer.
Dhawan, 36, will take over from Agarwal who was selected skipper not long before IPL 2022. Agarwal was one of two players – Arshdeep Singh being the other – who had been held by Rulers in front of the super sale, where Dhawan was the primary player they purchased.
Recently, Lords paid INR 8.25 crore (US$1.1 million approx.) to pick Dhawan, who has been among the most reliable players since the 2016 IPL. He had a heavenly 2020 season where he scored 618 runs at a strike pace of almost 145 for Delhi Capitals, who had exchanged him from Sunrisers Hyderabad. In his most memorable season for Rulers, Dhawan scored 460 runs in 14 coordinates with a normal of 38.33 and a strike pace of 122.66.
Agarwal joined the Punjab establishment in 2018 and fashioned areas of strength for a matching with KL Rahul, the commander till last season. However, his height up from the positions corresponded with a plunge in structure. Agarwal scored only 196 runs in 13 matches at a normal of 16.33. The group didn’t do very well by the same token. Rulers finished the season in 6th spot. Previous India lead trainer Ravi Shastri, during his spell on ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time:Out program, was the principal driving voice to recommend that Agarwal should have been feeling better of captaincy.
Dhawan is among the most experienced players in the IPL having been important for it since the debut season in 2008. He has likewise been driving second-string India groups in ODIs, with his next task a three-match series in New Zealand. Generally speaking in IPL, Dhawan has been chief in 11 matches (ten at Sunrisers in 2014 and one for Rulers last year) with four successes and seven misfortunes.
It is not yet clear whether Lords will hold or delivery Agarwal. Establishments have until November 15 to present a rundown of the players they need to stay in front of the following IPL. While Lords settled with Agarwal to pay him a compensation of INR 12 crore, according to the IPL maintenance rules, 18 crore was deducted from their general satchel – 14 crore for Agarwal and 4 crore for Arshdeep, who was uncapped at that point.