ICC World Test Championship Final: "Shardul Thakur Is One Bowler Who Will Always Get You Wickets"- Sanjay Manjrekar

Published - 07 Jun 2023, 10:43 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM

Shardul Thakur
Shardul Thakur [PC: ICC via Getty]

Former Indian batter Sanjay Manjrekar was quite praiseworthy on the dashing speedster Shardul Thakur. Shardul Thakur has the knack for breaking crucial partnerships and at the same time can also play a breezy knock for the team at the back end of the innings

Astoundingly, Ravichandran Ashwin was ignored for the summit clash and Ravindra Jadeja was the lone spinner present in the attack. Ravindra Jadeja can provide stability to the team in case there is a collapse.

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The management has shown faith in the veteran speedster Umesh Yadav who has been around the team for more than a decade. Skipper Rohit Sharma needs to use Umesh as a secret weapon and should give him short spells.

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Australia’s score at the end of the morning session was 73-2 in 23 overs. Shardul Thakur, the right-arm speedster had taken the key wicket of dangerous-looking David Warner and was looking ominous.

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Shardul Thakur is a guy who bowls instinctively- Sanjay Manjrekar

Sanjay Manjrekar was having an interaction with ESPNcricinfo. Sanjay Manjrekar revealed what makes Shardul Thakur a stand-out bowler and gave the example of how he took the wicket of David Warner.

“We keep talking about wicket taking luck. I don’t think that there is a wicket-taking luck, it’s gone for a too long. Shardul Thakur is a guy who bowls instinctively and gets wickets, somewhere that there is a brain ticking, this is where you need to be, so he is one bowler who will always get you wickets,” said Sanjay Manjrekar.

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“But if it becomes the game of attrition then they are at the premium, you got to use him carefully. But he will keep you getting wickets, that’s why he was my 3rd choice seamer in the playing 11, what’s happened today again and you can’t say it is his wicket taking luck, he just knows how to take wickets and even today what we saw it just for this ability,” he added.

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