Shardul Thakur

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Shardul Thakur
INTL CAREER: 2017 - 2023
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Full Name

Shardul Narendra Thakur

Born

October 16, 1991, Palghar, Maharashtra

Age

32y 155d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Bowler

An aggressive quick bowler, who can swing the ball away from the right-handers even while hitting the pitch hard, Shardul Thakur has established himself as the spearhead of Mumbai's attack. With the new ball, Thakur's at-the-batsman method forms a neat counterpoint to Dhawal Kulkarni's more metronomic style, and the two combined brilliantly to win Mumbai their 41st Ranji Trophy title in February 2016. Thakur picked up eight wickets in the final against Saurashtra, and his dismissal of Cheteshwar Pujara on the third day, the ball rearing up from a length to hit the shoulder of the bat, was perhaps the ball of the match.

Thakur hails from Palghar, a town 87 km north of Mumbai, and spent his early cricketing years lugging his kitbag on early-morning trains into the city. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy in his debut season of 2012-13, but he did not play a major role in the triumph, picking up only four wickets in four matches at an average of 82.

Told to lose weight by his Mumbai team-mates, Thakur came back leaner and fitter the next season, and picked up 27 wickets at 26.25. The 2014-15 season was even better, Thakur finishing joint-top of the Ranji Trophy bowling charts with 48 wickets at 20.81. That earned him a call-up to the India A squad for four-day games against Australia A and South Africa A. Later that year, playing for the Board President's XI, he bagged a four-wicket haul against the touring South Africans, his wickets including those of Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla.

Kings XI Punjab signed Thakur for INR 20 lakhs at the 2014 IPL player auction, but he only got to play one match in his first two seasons for the team.
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Shardul Thakur Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests11191449880317/618/10828.383.6446.7110
ODIs474619402014654/374/3730.986.2229.8300
T20Is2524506772334/274/2723.399.1515.3100
FC821451387673942637/6110/5228.113.1952.712141
List A111110495047601704/194/1928.005.7629.1900
T20s150146300343871694/274/2725.958.7617.7200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests111813316719.4752263.400441950
ODIs4725632950*17.31313105.110131990
T20Is25636922*23.0038181.57005470
FC821147194910918.21297665.4911224342240
List A11164178669218.42800108.25037434260
T20s15055184166811.24319130.40013217460
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Recent Matches of Shardul Thakur

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Mumbai vs Vidarbha75 & 01/22 & 0/4610-Mar-2024WankhedeFC
Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu1092/48 & 2/1602-Mar-2024MumbaiFC
Mumbai vs Baroda17 & 101/48 & 0/1323-Feb-2024MumbaiFC
Mumbai vs Assam26/21 & 4/3116-Feb-2024MumbaiFC
Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh11 & 310/7709-Feb-2024RaipurFC

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Photos of Shardul Thakur

Mumbai celebrate their 42nd Ranji Trophy win
Shardul Thakur made a 37-ball fifty and finished on 75
Shardul Thakur hit his maiden first-class hundred
Shardul Thakur hurt his shoulder in the nets
Shardul Thakur ended Dean Elgar's vigil after a magnificent 185
Shardul Thakur looked in control after Kagiso Rabada had rocked India