Shardul Thakur: I'm already there mentally
Updated On: 07 May, 2020 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Harit N Joshi
Mumbai pacer Shardul Thakur has no doubts over his ability to be a bowling all-rounder for India, but stresses on the need to dish out some strong performances in that role.
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India pacer Shardul Thakur during a training session on the eve of the second ODI against New Zealand at Auckland in February. PIC/AFP
India pacer Shardul Thakur, 28, cannot remember when he last spent a summer break at his home in Palghar, where he is catching up with old neighbours and childhood friends thanks to the Coronavirus-caused lockdown. Thakur was in the Indian team for their last ODI series before the lockdown—three games in New Zealand—where the hosts won 3-0. In three games, Thakur claimed four wickets including 2-60 while opening the bowling in the second ODI at Auckland. It was in this game that he slammed a 15-ball 18 (3x4) at No. 8, but it couldn't help India cross their 274-run target; Virat Kohli's men falling short by 22 runs.
Thakur has played a solitary Test (against the West Indies at Uppal in 2018), but a groin strain restricted his participation to just 10 balls. He has played 15 T20 internationals but has yet to establish himself in the team, partly due to injuries.
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