Shardul Thakur

Shardul Narendra Thakur (born 16 October 1991) is an Indian international cricketer. He is an Right-arm medium-fast bowling all-rounder. He plays first-class cricket for Mumbai.[1] He was a member of the Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai cricket team and India A cricket team. Currently, he is a member of the Indian cricket team and plays for Mumbai cricket team in domestic and Chennai Super Kings in IPL. In March 2017, he played for the team Rising Pune Supergiants.[2]

Shardul Thakur
Personal information
Full nameShardul Narendra Thakur
Born (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991
Palghar, Maharashtra, India
NicknamePalghar Express
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 294)12 October 2018 v West Indies
Last Test15 January 2021 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 218)31 August 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI2 December 2020 v Australia
ODI shirt no.54
T20I debut (cap 73)21 February 2018 v South Africa
Last T20I8 December 2020 v Australia
T20I shirt no.54
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–presentMumbai
2015–2016Kings XI Punjab
2017Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 10)
2018–presentChennai Super Kings (squad no. 54)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 2 10 15 62
Runs scored 73 70 42 1,232
Batting average 36.50 23.33 42.00 16.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/5
Top score 67 22* 22 * 87
Balls bowled 268 467 303 10,277
Wickets 7 11 19 188
Bowling average 23.42 47.45 21.00 28.55
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 12
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/61 4/52 4/27 6/31
Catches/stumpings 2/– 3/– 4/– 16/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 January 2021

Domestic career

His Family lived in Palghar but as there were no schools in Palghar that played cricket with the season ball, Shardul along with his family shifted to Boisar, just to play cricket with season ball in T.V.M. School Boisar. Earlier in his school cricket, he hit 6 sixes from 6 balls in an over while representing Swami Vivekanand International School, Borivali.

In November 2012, he made his First-class debut for Mumbai against Rajasthan at Jaipur in the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy.[3] He did not have a good start to his career as he took four wickets at a bowling average of 82.0 from his first four games. In 2013–14 Ranji season, he took 27 wickets at 26.25 from six games, with one five-wicket haul. In the 2014-15 Ranji season, he took 48 wickets at 20.81 from ten games with five five-wicket hauls.[4] He made his List A debut on 27 February 2014, for Mumbai in the 2013–14 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[5]

In 2015-16 Ranji Trophy final, he took eight wickets against the Saurashtra and led Mumbai to win its 41st Ranji Trophy title.[6]

International career

He was named in India's 16-man squad for India's Test tour of West Indies in 2016, but he did not play.[7] In August 2017, he was named in India's limited-overs squad for the series against Sri Lanka.[8] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 31 August 2017 against Sri Lanka.[9]

He became the second Indian cricketer to wear the number 10 jersey after Sachin Tendulkar, which raised various controversial comments in social media. Later, he changed his jersey number to 54 due to controversy. On 29 November 2017, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) retired Tendulkar’s No. 10 jersey.[10]

He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India against South Africa on 21 February 2018.[11]

In March 2018, he was selected to play in the 2018 Nidahas Trophy.[12] In a match against Sri Lanka he took a career best 4-27 [13] to bring the game back to India's favour, winning the Man Of the Match award. He finished with 6 wickets from 5 matches at an average of 29.33.[14]


In May 2018, he was named in India's Test squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan in June 2018, but did not play.[15]

In October 2018, he made his Test debut against the West Indies, making him the 294th player to represent Team India in Tests.[16] His debut ended after bowling just 10 deliveries due to suffering from a groin strain in his right leg.[17]

In January 2021, he scored his maiden test fifty, a crucial one, in the first innings of the fourth test match at Brisbane against Australia in the 2020/2021 India Tour of Australia.

IPL career

He was signed up by Kings XI Punjab for INR 2 million at the 2014 IPL player auction for 2015 season of Indian Premier League and made his debut against Delhi Daredevils where he took one for 38 in his 4 overs. In March 2017, he was acquired by the Rising Pune Supergiants for the tenth season of the IPL.[18] In January 2018, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the List of 2018 Indian Premier League personnel changes.

Thakur played fewer matches in 2019 Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings. Though he played in the Final where he took 2 wickets against Mumbai Indians. Chennai however failed to win the IPL title in 2019 after Thakur got out LBW when 2 runs were needed of the final delivery.

Endorsements

In February 2020, Shardul Thakur was signed up as the brand ambassador for Tata Power Limited.[19]

References
  1. "Shardul Thakur". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. "Thakur Shardul". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. "Group A, Jaipur, Nov 9 - Nov 12 2012, Ranji Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. Mumbai seal 41st Ranji Trophy title with innings win
  5. "West Zone, Rajkot, Feb 27 2014, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. Feeling of being left out hurts me - Shardul Thakur
  7. Shardul Thakur earns call-up for WI Tests
  8. "Yuvraj dropped; Ashwin, Jadeja rested for Sri Lanka ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  9. "4th ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 31 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  10. "Jersey number 10 unofficially retired by the BCCI". CricTracker. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. "2nd T20I (N), India tour of South Africa at Centurion, Feb 21 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  12. "SQUADS FOR INDIA AND BANGLADESH IN SRI LANKA T20I TRI-SERIES, 2018". Cricbuzz. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  13. "Sri Lanka vs India, 4th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary". Cricbuzz. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  14. "India and Bangladesh in Sri Lanka T20I Tri-Series, 2018". Cricbuzz. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  15. "Rahane to lead India against Afghanistan in Kohli's absence". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  16. "2nd Test, West Indies tour of India at Hyderabad, Oct 12-16 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  17. "India vs West Indies: Shardul Thakur's debut ends in 1.4 overs, Oct 13, 2018". TNN. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  18. Shardul Thakur joins Rising Pune Supergiant
  19. "Tata Power ropes in Shardul Thakur as brand ambassador". The Economic Times. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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