By Shikhar Dhawan has a clear take on what he calls ‘desperate energy’. “When you are desperate, you are running after things. You want it badly. When you want something badly, you don’t have it. That’s why you want it. Desperate energy is not nice. You have to stay relaxed and calm,” the opener said in an interview during IPL 2020 in the UAE.
On his walk back to the dressing room on Friday night in the first T20 against England, as Dhawan kept eyeing the spot past mid wicket where he had intended to land Mark Wood’s 148kph delivery with a big, wild yank but got bowled, one could not help but remember that philosophical opinion of his.
The seasoned campaigner (at 35, Dhawan is the oldest member of the squad) fell for 4 in 12 balls. The cheap dismissal was not an exception on a night when most batsmen faltered. Fellow opener KL Rahul fell for 1 and skipper Virat Kohli for zero.
Yet, Dhawan’s case is different.
