Top 5 knocks by Shikhar Dhawan in ICC tournaments

#2 137 (146) vs South Africa (ICC World Cup, February 2015, Melbourne)

His career best score came against the Proteas in the 2015 World Cup

Dhawan lost his opening partner, Rohit Sharma in the first over of the innings to a brilliant run-out and needed to step up for India yet again. And that’s exactly what he did.

Known for his shortcomings against the short delivery, he was peppered with short balls by the four Proteas seamers – Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell and Vernon Philander. However, a resilient Dhawan kept himself at the crease and together with Kohli helped build the platform for a final onslaught.

His half-century came off 70 balls as he looked to play the anchor role for India. Ajinkya Rahane walked in at the fall of Kohli's wicket and accelerated the scoring – enabling Dhawan to settle in.

Once set, Dhawan was unstoppable and took on the Proteas bowlers to finish with his career-best ODI score of 137. He wasn't dismissed until the 44th over, by when India were well set for another 300+ score.

The bowler followed up the efforts as India rolled to an impressive 130-run win.