India's opener Shikhar Dhawan was unfortunate to rule out of the World Cup 2019 because of a thumb injury. Dhawan was in the squad and he did play the first match, but the India opener suffered an injury against Australia on Pat Cummins' delivery. 

A match he would have liked to remember for his 117 runs off 109 balls rather than injury. Speaking to India Today, Dhawan said the limelight he got after the injury was more than anytime in his career. 

"I was, being very honest, sad. When I was batting, I knew I got fractured, I took pain killers... my pain threshold is high... and kept on batting. We won the match. In my whole career, I never got that much of limelight. After the injury, I came back... people were saying 'because of you, you were not there, you were not there'. I saw a lot of positive," Dhawan said.

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The 34-year-old took time to move on from the injury mentally. "For me, I knew I gave my best and in that particular moment, I gave my best in a difficult situation. It didn't affect me. I was sad for maybe 5-10 minutes and then I got over with it. That was a reality."

"You have to change your mindset from expectation to acceptance. Once you have strong acceptance in life, you will ride it very smoothly.

"I was totally fine. I was happy, went back and had a great time with my family. I was enjoying it and that attitude helped me as well. I came back to the team and started scoring. I was positive, there was no negative thought 'oh this could be my last World Cup'. I don't know but that positivity kept me going," Dhawan added.