Shikhar Dhawan is First Indian to Score Hundred in 100th ODI, Twitterati Hail Gabbar of Indian Cricket

Johannesburg, February 10: Opener Shikhar Dhawan today became the first Indian cricketer to score a century in his 100th One-day International playing at the Wanderers Stadium. Dhawan reached the landmark during the fourth ODI of the six-match series against South Africa at the Wanderers. Twitterati hailed the special performance by the 'Gabbar' of Indian cricket team. They seem to be in awe of Dhawan's form in the ODI series against South Africa.

Dhawan, who put on 158 runs with skipper Virat Kohli (75), thus became the first Indian batsman to score a ton in his 100th ODI. Overall, he became the ninth player to reach this milestone. Fans can catch the live cricket score here at India vs South Africa scoreboard.

The 32-year-old, who made his ODI debut in 2010 against Australia, notched up his 13th century off 99 balls to become the ninth batsman overall to etch his name in record books. The left-handed batsman slammed two sixes and 10 fours during the course of his first century in South Africa.

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Former captain Sourav Ganguly came close to scoring a century in his 100th ODI before falling for 97 in the 1999 World Cup game against the same opponents.

Dhawan had scored 35, 51 not out and 76 in the first three ODIs of the series, in which the visitors have already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead. Australian opener David Warner was the last batsman to achieve the landmark, scoring a ton against India in September last year.

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