Indian and Pakistani cricket teams were at odd recently in Asia Cup 2025 tournament.
Abrar, who played for Pakistan in the recently finished Asia Cup 2025 as well as the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 earlier this year, was asked which cricketer he would like to box with during a recent discussion on a Pakistani YouTube channel, and in response, he mentioned Dhawan's name.
The former left-handed Indian batter received a lot of attention in the first half of 2025. First, he had a falling out with former Pakistani captain and all-rounder Shahid Afridi, and then he refused to play in the World Championship of Legends against the Pakistani squad, which included Afridi.
“Konsa aisa player hai duniya ka jo aap chahate hai ki apke saamne ho aur aap boxing karey, jispe bada gussa aata ho?" The interviewer asked Abrar.
In reply, he said, “Mai chahta hu ki mai boxing karu aur khada Shikhar Dhawan ho saamne."
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Dhawan represented Team India in 34 Tests, 167 One-Day Internationals, and 68 Twenty20 Internationals between October 2010 and December 2022. He concluded his career with 2315 Test runs, 6793 ODI runs, and 1759 T20I runs. Shikhar Dhawan won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013, earning the Golden Bat Award.