Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan spoke about his retirement and why he didn’t have any inspiration to play domestic cricket and continue for long. Dhawan said he didn’t feel like continuing and playing from IPL to IPL and putting in hard work just for two-three months every year. On the other hand, Sri Lanka take on New Zealand in the second and final Test match of the series at Galle starting Thursday, September 26. Sri Lanka have a 1-0 lead in the series and New Zealand will hope to bounce back. All that and more in our Sports Wrap for today.
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Shikhar Dhawan reveals ‘lack of inspiration’ being the reason for his retirement
Veteran Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan opened up on his retirement and how he didn’t have much inspiration to continue playing. Dhawan didn’t want to play domestic cricket and putting in two-three months of effort just for IPL wasn’t a big enough reason for him to continue.
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Manchester United stunned, held to 1-1 draw by Twente
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Sanjay Manjrekar reckons Kohli, Rohit being given special treatment
Former India cricketer-turned-pundit Sanjay Manjrekar said that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are being treated differently from other players as they should have had some red-ball cricket under their belt before the Bangladesh series.
