Full Name

Shardul Narendra Thakur

Born

October 16, 1991, Palghar, Maharashtra

Age

31y 351d

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
Tests10181335779307/618/10825.963.5044.5110
ODIs444318381912634/374/3730.346.2429.1300
T20Is2524506772334/274/2723.399.1515.3100
FC751331302969122457/619/12328.213.1853.111130
List A106105474645601654/194/1927.635.7628.7900
T20s150146300343871694/274/2725.958.7617.7200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests101613056720.3348163.400438950
ODIs4425632950*17.31313105.110131980
T20Is25636922*23.0038181.57005470
FC75103715928716.58251363.3501020431230
List A10662168149217.69741109.85037231240
T20s15055184166811.24319130.40013217460
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