Senior Team Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan had been an integral part of the side across all formats till 2018. However, later he was dropped from the Test team, then the T20I team, and now from the ODI team too. Nevertheless, Dhawan goes down in history as one of the best Indian openers.
During an interview with The Lallantop, Dhawan recollected some memories of his Test career and revealed an anecdote about David Warner, with whom he had shared the dressing room in the IPL for SRH
Dhawan stated that Warner used to sledge him, and revealed how he used to react to them.
“Opponents will try to break you mentally, especially in Test matches. Warner used to do that a lot. He told me, “Your place in the Indian team isn’t fixed. You will be dropped!” But then, I also used to sledge him back,” Dhawan said.
“He was a gambling addict at one time. So I used to press that nerve. I would reply, “you will go back to gambling, you will become an addict again. You will sell everything.” See, it’s a rivalry! These things keep happening,” Dhawan further said as he let out a chuckle.
Dhawan also said England’s legendary fast bowler James Anderson tries to distract batters with sledging as well. “Anderson sledges a lot as well. But all of this happens only during a batter’s initial stay at the crease. Once he reaches the 30-40 run mark, the opponents stop trying because they know he’s set. It’s quite usual in Test cricket,” said Dhawan.