'Brilliant knock Dhawan,' fans react as Shikhar Dhawan scores half-century in the first ODI against New Zealand

After New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bowl first in the first, Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill gave Team India a great start. The likes of Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh are making their One-Day International (ODI) debuts, while the likes of Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav are also on the roster. Kane Williamson is captaining New Zealand, while Shikhar Dhawan is in charge for India.

Twitter has been flooded with people's reactions to Shikhar Dhawan's half century. Listed below are some of the most popular responses posted on Twitter.

Brilliant knock @SDhawan25 

Playing international match after so long time
Taking time at first
Then just blast

Giving answer to some pichi puk haters  pic.twitter.com/druzxeopq2 — Sheshank_PSPK (@Sheshank_PSPK) November 25, 2022

Warra Innings by Shikhar Dhawan 

Agendas aside, but still one of the best openers for Team India#crickettwitter #INDvNZ #ShikharDhawan pic.twitter.com/VyOnm6i1hk — Ashutosh (@IAshutoshMittal) November 25, 2022

Captain's knock from Gabbar 

He also crosses 12000 runs in List-A #NZvIND #ShikharDhawan pic.twitter.com/ihnYCzeRlV — SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 25, 2022

Congratulations pic.twitter.com/cCB1bzhTiG

— Just (@Just80332758) November 25, 2022

Good start, need acceleration from now onwards !!! — Human (@Human4567832) November 25, 2022

Fifty for Shikhar Dhawan, one of the most consistent openers in this format - 50* from 51 balls including 8 fours. Well played, Dhawan. — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 19, 2022

50* for The Gabbar @SDhawan25  #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/sPyJsybRLG

— Soumya Ranjan Mohanty (@soumyaiam) November 25, 2022