Indian bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur has an impressive performance in a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. With his performance the cricketer has got a lot of attention.
The all-rounder played a crucial role in helping Kolkata Knight Riders achieve a total of 204 runs in just 20 overs, thanks to his quick score of 68 runs off 29 balls.
This helped his team win the match with a whopping 81 runs. Thakur’s outstanding skills as a batsman and all-rounder have gained him a lot of recognition and praise among cricket experts.
After the match, the former KKR bowler Rajat Bhatia compared Shardul Thakur to Andre Russell and said that he is the Indian version of West Indian legend. Bhatia believes that Thakur should be considered a genuine pace-bowling all-rounder alongside Hardik Pandya in the Indian Team.
Thakur has shown that he possesses the skills to make a significant impact with both bat and ball, which is a valuable asset to any cricket team. Bhatia’s remarks may spark further discussion about Thakur’s potential as a player and his future prospects in the Indian cricket team.
“He (Shardul) is the Indian Russell. He seems to have taken the muscle from Russell. I have seen him bat for Mumbai, but the way he is batting now, we can say we have another (seam-bowling) all-rounder. I hope we start looking at him that way,” Bhatia told Cricbuzz.
