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Standing ovation ... Dhawan was a very popular debutant. Source:Fox Sports
Late on day three in Mohali, the Indian commentators ran out of superlatives for Shikhar Dhawan's innings.
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It was with good reason - it would be hard to describe just how good the 27-year-old's knock was for someone who didn't see it.
The numbers don't tell the whole story, although ending the day unbeaten on 185 off 168 balls, with 33 fours and two sixes to his name does paint a certain type of picture.
But it was the sheer dominance, and utter confidence with which the debutant played that really characterised the innings.
Batsmen are supposed to be nervous in their first Test outing, but from the moment Dhawan faced his first ball, he showed the Australia bowlers who was in charge.
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It could have been so different, as Dhawan was actually technically run out without facing a ball after Mitchell Starc accidentally performed a 'Mankad', but the closest Australia came to appealing was Michael Clarke jokingly calling for the third umpire.
With that heart-in-mouth moment out of the way, Dhawan didn't take long to get going.
His array of strokes were as varied as they were imaginative, highlighted by a couple of unique sweep shots that were described by one punter on Twitter as a "reverse straight bat leg drive".
The natural assumption for many Australian fans would be that Dhawan was merely taking advantage of poor bowling, but that does him a disservice.
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Yes, this is a weakened Australia bowling line-up, but for chunks of the day they really didn't bowl poorly at all, especially the two left-armers Xavier Doherty and Mitchell Starc - even though they ended the day with figures of 0-57 off 10 overs and 0-46 off 11 overs respectively.
Dhawan just didn't allow any of the bowlers to settle into a rhythm, seemingly hitting boundaries at will.
Meanwhile, Murali Vijay was barely being noticed up the other end, even though he also hit 10 fours and two sixes on his way to 83 not out.
It's not easy to replace a man as dynamic and belligerent as Virender Sehwag, but Shikhar Dhawan left many Indian fans asking, "Virender who?"
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