Former India batsman Saba Karim opened up on Shikhar Dhawan being excluded from India’s 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023.

The 37-year-old participant was a constant performer for the Males in Blue until final 12 months, after which he struggled to make his place within the squad and noticed a downfall in his profession graph.

Within the ODI Asia Cups, Shikhar Dhawan scored 534 runs from his 9 innings with a strike fee of 91.43. Dhawan’s highest rating within the Asia Cup is 127. The left-handed batsman hammered two centuries and two fifties within the event as properly.

Shikhar Dhawan made his ODI debut for India in 2010 towards Australia following which he performed 167 matches and scored 6793 runs with a strike fee of 91.35.

Within the 20-over format, the 37-year-old made his debut in 2011 towards West Indies and featured in 68 matches through which he scored 1759 runs with a strike fee of 126.36.

Shikhar Dhawan performed his final recreation for India in 2022 towards Bangladesh after which he has not featured in any recreation. In his final match for the Males in Blue, Shikhar Dhawan didn’t show a very good efficiency and scored solely three runs from eight balls within the third ODI match of the Bangladesh sequence in 2022.

It is a very robust actuality: Saba Karim on Shikhar Dhawan

Whereas talking about Shikhar Dhawan’s profession and his exclusion, Saba Karim stated that it’s the laborious reality one ought to settle for because the recreation strikes on. Karim gave an occasion of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and stated that even a 12 months again, the pacer was part of the taking part in eleven, and now nobody can see him within the squad.

The previous participant additionally added that if youthful gamers begin to carry out it turns into robust for the senior gamers to come back again.

“Finish of the highway could be very harsh however I believe the sport strikes on. It’s not solely about Shikhar Dhawan. Have a look at Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a 12 months again he was a part of the facet and now we don’t see his identify within the squad. So if youthful gamers get in and carry out, it’s not straightforward for the previous match-winners to make a comeback. It is a very robust actuality however I believe all cricketers should undergo this,” stated Saba Karim to Sportskeeda.

India will begin their Asia Cup 2023 marketing campaign towards Pakistan on Saturday (September 2nd) at Pallekele Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka.