I used to Rashid's bowling - Shikhar Dhawan

It was a historic moment for Afghanistan as they were playing their first ever test match but it was Indian openers who grabbed all the attention. Both Murli Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan scored a century. It was Dhawan who stole the show as he became first Indian batsman to score a hundred before Lunch on Day 1 in a Test.

Dhawan was aggressive from the ball one and took all the Afghanistan's bowler all around the park. But his battle against Afghanistan's premier bowler Rashid Khan was the highlight of the Day 1.



Dhawan hammered Rashid Khan for 8 fours and a six in his 107 and didn't allow Rashid to settle. Dhawan credited his success against Rashid to his IPL experience as both the players play for the Same franchise.

"The good thing is that I had faced him [Rashid Khan] in nets for two years because we play for the same team in IPL. So, I was used to his bowling and that helped me," said Dhawan at the end of the day.

After Dhawan's dismissal, Rashid came with a better final spell of 9-2-15-1. But Dhawan feel that every batsman has his own approach to be successful against him and don't think they changed their approach.



"See each one will have different game," he said. "A team is formed of different characters - I am a different character, my game is different to what Vijay's is. Each player has his own qualities. Some people like to step out and play and some others don't prefer that. Each individual has his own game and play accordingly. My strength is to step out and play and I play accordingly."

Apart from Vijay and Dhawan, KL Rahul also scored half century. It will be a happy headache for Indian think tank as all three openers scored runs and are in good form.

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