20 Facts About Shardul Thakur

1.

Shardul Narendra Thakur was born on 16 October 1991 and is an Indian international cricketer.

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Shardul Thakur is a bowler who bats right-handed and bowls right arm medium pace.

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Shardul Thakur 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.

4.

Shardul Thakur was named in India's 16-man squad for India's Test tour of West Indies in 2016, but he did not play.

5.

Shardul Thakur made his One Day International debut on 31 August 2017 against Sri Lanka.

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Shardul Thakur became the second Indian cricketer to wear the number 10 jersey after Sachin Tendulkar, which raised various controversial comments in social media.

7.

Shardul Thakur made his Twenty20 International debut for India against South Africa on 21 February 2018.

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8.

Shardul Thakur finished with 6 wickets from 5 matches at an average of 29.33.

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Shardul Thakur's debut ended after bowling just 10 deliveries due to suffering from a groin strain in his right leg.

10.

Shardul Thakur was included in the India squad for the 2021 England tour.

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Shardul Thakur was employed as an extra seam bowler in the First Test at Nottingham.

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Shardul Thakur made 57 in 36 balls in India's first innings, reaching his half-century in 31 balls, the fastest in Tests played in England.

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Shardul Thakur took three crucial wickets with the ball, dismissing Ollie Pope for 81 in the first innings, and Rory Burns and Joe Root in the second, and was instrumental in securing his team's victory.

14.

Shardul Thakur finished the series with 117 runs at 39 with the bat, while claiming seven wickets at 22 with the ball.

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In September 2021, Shardul Thakur was named as one of three reserve players in India's squad for the T20 World Cup to be held in October.

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Shardul Thakur was included in the playing eleven for two games of the tournament.

17.

Shardul Thakur provided a quickfire cameo of 28 runs to help increase India's lead in the second innings, however India lost the match.

18.

In January 2023, Shardul Thakur scored a total of 6 wickets in the ODI series vs NZ.

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Shardul Thakur was signed by Kings XI Punjab at the 2014 IPL player auction ahead of the 2015 season of Indian Premier League and made his debut against Delhi Daredevils, taking one wicket in his four overs.

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In 2019 Chennai reached the IPL final; Shardul Thakur took two wickets but was out off the final ball of the match with two runs required for victory.