Shardul Thakur

Shardul Narendra Thakur is a cricketer from India. Thakur plays for the India national cricket team. He was born on October 16, 1991.[3]

Shardul Thakur
Personal information
Full nameShardul Narendra Thakur
Born (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 32)
Palghar, Maharashtra, India
NicknamePalghar Express, Beefy, Lord[1]
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
Relations
Mitali Parulkar (m. 2023)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 294)12 October 2018 v West Indies
Last Test7 June 2023 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 218)31 August 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI17 March 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.54 (formerly 10)
T20I debut (cap 73)21 February 2018 v South Africa
Last T20I20 February 2022 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.54
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–2014Mumbai
2015–2016Kings XI Punjab
2017Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 10)
2018–2021Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 54)
2022Delhi Capitals
2023–presentKolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 8 35 25 73
Runs scored 254 298 69 1,541
Batting average 19.53 19.86 23.00 16.39
100s/50s 0/4 0/1 0/1 0/9
Top score 67 50* 68* 87
Balls bowled 1,107 1,541 506 12,801
Wickets 29 50 33 242
Bowling average 24.44 31.98 23.39 28.07
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 13
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 7/61 4/52 4/27 7/61
Catches/stumpings 2/– 7/– 7/– 20/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 June 2023

References

  1. "Why Shardul is called Lord, Beefy? Indian all-rounder reveals reason behind funny nicknames ahead of Eng Test" (in en). TimesNow. 30 June 2022. https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/why-shardul-is-called-lord-beefy-indian-all-rounder-reveals-reason-behind-funny-nicknames-ahead-of-eng-test-article-92574564. Retrieved 25 November 2022. 
  2. Vaidya, Jaideep (23 May 2016). "Three years ago he was overweight. Who is Shardul Thakur, the new boy in India's test squad?". Scroll.in. He weighed 83 kg, was only 5'9" tall and even Sachin Tendulkar had told him that he needed to lose some weight if he was serious about cricket.
  3. Shardul Thakur

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