Dhawan Slams Fastest

            Shikhar Dhawan's sensational 185 not out and a dogged, unbeaten 83 helped India race away to 283/0 at stumps on Day 3 after Australia were folded up for 408 on the third day of the third Test in Mohali.Dhawan broke the record of West Indies batsman Dwayne Smith who reached his 100 off 93 balls against South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town in January 2004.Interestingly, Dhawan raced into the 90s without hitting a single ball in the air. What makes his effort even more praiseworthy is that he maintained a strike-rate of over hundred almost all through his innings. It was a staggering 117.64 when Dhawan got to the three-figure mark.Though he missed out on the hundred by a whisker, Starc, along with Steven Smith (92), frustrated the Indians for a while, helping Australia add 135 runs in the first session of play before Ravichandran Ashwin trapped last-man Xavier Doherty.The Indians made three runs in the one over they played before lunch, with Vijay scoring all of them.Such was his off-side play that it would have pleased even Sourav Ganguly and former England captain David Gower. The Delhi batsman's timing was impeccable, and his shot-selection faultless.The Australians, literally, had no answer to counter Dhawan's stroke-play. The way Dhawan dominated the Aussies, it never looked like he was playing in his maiden Test.Dhawan and Murali Vijay have taken Indian score past 200-mark to keep the visitors at bay.Earlier, Dhawan hit a 85-ball hundred, fastest by any cricketer on debut in Test history to give strong reply to the visitors.But, after the lunch break, the show completely belonged to Dhawan who treated the Australian bowlers with disdain, playing some delightful shots, especially through the heavily populated off-side.