Shikhar Dhawan plays cricket with Bageshwar Dham's Dhirendra Shastri | Watch Video | Mint

Shikhar Dhawan played cricket with spiritual leader Dhirendra Krishna Shastri and shared videos on his social media handle. Shikhar Dhawan with Bgeshwar baby at a meeting (Twitter) India’s legendary cricketer, Shikhar Dhawan, recently started a soulful journey to Bageshwar Dham, where he contacted spiritual leader Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, also known as Bageshwar baby. Dhawan took it to social media and posted videos of him who played cricket with the baby. Cricket met the Spirituality Shikhar Dhawan shared two short video clips on his Instagram handle and displayed him and Dhirendra Shastri enjoyed a casual cricket session. Dhawan is seen breaking the ball in the first video, while Bageshwar baby is seen batting on Dhawan’s delivery. “It was truly inspiring to meet Shri Dhirendra Shastri Ji,” he posted on his social media handle. Shikhar Dhawan praised the calm and positive nature of the Bageshwar baby and expressed that it left a deep impact. Shikhar Dhawan and Faith After looking at Dhawan’s posts, it is clear that faith plays a major role in his life and in the midst of the highs and lows of his cricket career. This look at his personal beliefs echoed deep with fans. Fans cannot stay calm. The Instagram posts soon became viral, with fans flooding the comments with love for Dhawan’s humility and the unique cricket spirituality. Shikhar Dhawan’s performance Shikhar Dhawan, enjoyed a remarkable career about formats from 2004 to 2024. The left -hand opener played brilliantly at both domestic and international levels. In Test cricket (2013–2018), Shikhar Dhawan played four games and scored 2315 runs at an average of 40.6. He beat seven centuries with a highest score of 190 in his ODI journey (2010–2022), Dhawan scored 6793 runs in 167 games that were played on average 44.1. He has 17 centuries and 39 half-century in his name in the format in T20Is (2011–2021), Dhawan scored 1759 runs in 68 games and has a strike rate 126.4. In his domestic career, Dhawan has 8499 runs in first-class cricket and 12074 runs in List A matches. He beat 30 centuries. In all T20s, he scored 9797 runs at a strike rate of 125.3. In his IPL career, which runs from 2008 to 2024, Shikhar Dhawan scored 6769 runs in 222 games, beating with a strike rate of 127.1 and 51 fifties. First published: 17 Apr 2025, 08:15 am Ist