Shardul Thakur

Shardul Thakur Biography, Relationship & Career

Shardul is an adventurous quick bowler who mostly depends on his strength of hitting the deck hard. His main weapon is moving the brand new ball. Through time, Shardul has fixed himself at the star-studded Mumbai lineup as their spearhead bowler. Thakur was adjourned Man of the Match for taking eight wickets in the game which included the wicket of this celebrity Indian batsman Pujara.

Shardul Thakur made his outstanding introduction from the 2012-13 seasons and at his first outstanding season enjoyed being the portion of the winning team in the Ranji Trophy. Though he did not play any substantial part in that season since then has become the go-to guy for Mumbai.

Thakur originally was a little obese and has been asked to get rid of some weight. Thakur sweated it out in the gym and came back fitter and thinner following his debut season. He rose to prominence in the 2014-15 season where he was the joint greatest wicket-taker with 48 scalps to his title.

From the 2014 IPL auctions, IPL group Kings XI Punjab purchased Thakur for INR 20 lakhs. He just got to play 1 game in his first two seasons for the group. In the 10th season, he was traded to the IPL team Rising Pune Supergiant. He’s been one of the wickets for Supergiant and due to a booming domestic season followed by IPL, he’s kept in reservations for the forthcoming Champions Trophy in England. But he did not have a wonderful start to his international career but made amends for it in his very 3rd ODI where he finished with figures of 52-4. He’s since last one year made it into the 15 man squad but gets a chance just when Bhuvneshwar Kumar or Jasprit Bumrah are rested. His great 2017-18 season has attracted him great a fantastic reward when he was purchased by IPL team CSK for 2.6 crores and will be playing for them in IPL 2018. He even following some nice outings at the national circuit was overlooked for the national group.

He had been born to Narendra Thakur.