Shardul Thakur

Shardul Thakur
Personal information
Full name
Shardul Narendra Thakur
Born (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 32)
Palghar, Maharashtra, India
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowling-All-Rounder
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 ODI19 October 2023 v Bangladesh
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)
2018–2021, 2024-presentChennai Super Kings (squad no. 54)
2022Delhi Capitals
2023Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 8 44 25 73
Runs scored 254 319 69 1,541
Batting average 19.53 17.31 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 63 33 242
Bowling average 24.44 30.34 23.39 28.07
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 13
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 7/61 4/37 4/27 7/61
Catches/stumpings 2/– 8/– 7/– 20/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2023 India
ICC World Test Championship
Runner-up 2021–2023
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 2018 United Arab Emirates
Winner 2023 Pakistan-Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 September 2023

Shardul Narendra Thakur (born 16 October 1991) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He is a bowler who bats right-handed and bowls right arm medium pace.[2] He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2018 Asia Cup and the 2023 Asia Cup.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Bhattacharyya, Wriddhaayan (7 September 2021). "Shardul Thakur, from bowler-batsman to an all-rounder". Sportstar. Retrieved 25 November 2022.