Shardul Thakur Biography, History, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Relationship, Cricket Statistics, Quotes, Facts, Best Photos, and more 2021…

Shardul Narendra Thakur was born on October 16, 1991, in a small town of Maharashtra, India named Palghar. He was born to Narendra Thakur and Hansa Thakur. He studied in Anand Ashram Convent English High School, Palghar,  Mumbai for some years. But later joined Swami Vivekananda International School, Palghar, Mumbai. In Mumbai, a school-level competition is organized every year which is named as Harris Shield Tournament where he was also part of his school team squad for the tournament in 2006. He went viral in his local newspaper after hitting 6 sixes in an over in a match of that tournament. He was the headline of the local news at that time.  

He used to travel almost 80- Kilometers for some hours with Cricket Kitbag in Train to play Borivali cricket. He used to attend the morning train and would reach in next 3 or 4 hours and it was necessary for his cricket practice. He used to come home at direct night being too tired. His father and mother also talked to him about this but he never gave up. The passion of cricket inside him was enough to recharge his body. He continued this journey for several months and even years. 

His dream was going to convert into reality after he was announced in the squad of Mumbai Ranji Trophy team in the 2012-2013’s season. He played under Rohit Sharma in that season and learned a lot from him. But his overweight was a reason to not give him more chances in the match. He was 83 KGs which is called an unfit player for the game. When Sachin visited the team, he saw Thakur playing in the nets. He was playing well. But Sachin Tendulkar said to him, “If you are serious about the game, you have to lose your weight”. He took the statement in his mind and continued workouts for continuous months. He lost around 20 KGs during the start of another Ranji season and improved his game as well.

In 2013-2014’s Ranji season he got some more matches to perform and also took 26 wickets in that season. The team was impressed with his performance and gave him more chances in another season. He was the highest wicket-taker along with Vinay Kumar in the 2014-2015’s Ranji Season taking a total of 46 wickets in that season. IPL teams were impressed by his swing bowling and variance in bowling. In 2014’s auction for IPL 2015, teams have gone up biding for him and were finally bought by Kings XI Punjab with INR 2 Million. He gave some average performances in the 2015 IPL and didn’t get more matches in 2016.

In 2017’s IPL, he was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants where he got to play under the Captain Cool MS Dhoni. It was a huge change for him. He learned under MS Dhoni. He improved his performance in the season which resulted as he became part of CSK’s squad in the 2018 IPL. MS Dhoni was the same as a mentor for him in the ground and out of the ground. He lifts up his first-ever IPL trophy with CSK in 2018. Since then, he is the part of the CSK family. 

His international debut was on 31 October 2017 in an ODI match on the Sri Lanka Tour. His T20I debut was held on 12 October 2018 where he played against West Indies at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. And, In Test Match, he debut on 21 February 2018 against South Africa. His one of the best and most crucial innings came up at Gabba against Australia in Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2021 January. This time it wasn’t with bowl it was with Bat. He scored his first-ever Test 50 in the first innings of the 4th Test match and against the best bowlers of the world like Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and more. India also achieved a historic win after 32 years and 2 months at Gabba and lift up their Border-Gavaskar Trophy there.

The next target was Oval. In the 4th test of the England tour of India 2021, he scored his second Test 50 at Oval. Where every player surrendered against the England bowlers, this man played an important role leading from the front. He scored 57 off 36 with some classy drives and hard hits. He was the leading run-scorer in that inning for India. In the 2nd inning too, he scored another fifty.

He was seen as highly confident throughout the match and made England bowlers tired with mind-blowing shots. None looked scorecard, all were enjoying his fabulous inning. Also, helped with the ball taking 3 wickets in the game. India won the game with 157 runs there. However, the Man of the Match Award was given to Rohit Sharma for his century in the 2nd Inning but he too pointed that Shardul Thakur deserved it much. The name ‘Lord Thakur’ was born from there and now everyone calls him with this name. He is currently one of the most important Indian Cricketer.