India vs Windies 2018: 2nd Test - Twitter Erupts as Shardul Thakur Makes his Test Debut

The fast bowler from Mumbai, Shardul Thakur has earned his Test cap for India in the second and final Test against Windies at Hyderabad starting from October 12 (Friday).

Meanwhile, after Prithvi Shaw in the opening Test, Shardul Thakur earned the Test cap in the second Test against the Windies. In doing so, Thakur becomes the 294th Test player in Indian cricket history and his first match in the whites comes after two years with the team but on the sidelines. Incidentally, Thakur’s maiden Test call-up came against Windies when India were the touring party to the Caribbean.

Furthermore, Shardul Thakur becomes the fifth player to make a debut for India in Tests this year and the third straight player to debut after Hanuma Vihari in England and Shaw in Rajkot. He received the cap from coach Ravi Shastri.

Here is how the Twitter reacted as Shardul Thakur makes his Test debut against Windies:

?? Proud moment for @imShard as he receives his Test cap from @RaviShastriOfc, becomes the 294th player to represent #TeamIndia in Tests.#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/2XcClLka9a

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 12, 2018

Shardul Thakur will make his Test debut. I would have picked Mayank Agarwal too. Opportune time to see what batting alternatives we have.#INDvsWI

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 12, 2018

@imShard becomes the 294th player to represent ?? in Test. #INDvWI

— Akhil Gupta ? (@Guptastats92) October 12, 2018

Shardul Thakur becomes the 5th player to make a debut for India in Tests this year.

The last time five players made their Test debut for India in a calendar year was in 2013 (Mohammad Shami, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar)#INDvsWI

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) October 12, 2018

@IamNicck i was looking forward to watching Md.Siraj, the lad has been outstanding in domestic circuit. Would have been a better option than Shardul thakur.

— Dr.Manishit Singh (@ManishitSingh) October 12, 2018

Test debuts are being handed out like caps these days.#IndvWI #ShardulThakur

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) October 12, 2018

https://twitter.com/rahaneswarrior/status/1050431223594545152

Congratulations #ShardulThakur #INDvWI

— Remo_NVR (@Manjunath_remo) October 12, 2018

I congratulate "Shardul Thakur" who has been handed the Test cap. The pacer from Mumbai is set to make his debut in Hyderabad few moments from here on.
All the best dude.

— I AM Modi Totlani Krishan?? (@kktotlani) October 12, 2018

Umesh Yadav is such a bad bowler that he even makes Shardul Thakur look like a decent bowler #INDvWI

— Pinakin (yes I am the Pathokin guy on insta) (@pkmadridista) October 12, 2018

All the best Shardul Thakur @imShard for the Test Debut

— #शिवसैनिक Anuj Mhatre ?? अनुज म्हात्रे? (@anuj_sena) October 12, 2018

Whatever it is, all i can say that team India have far better pacers than that of shardul thakur in their armoury ? #INDvWI

— Raajdip Sanyal (@rajinthebox) October 12, 2018

Shardul thakur was expected at this point as you can not have any bench left and you have to check them before you distribute the tickets to Australia. #INDvsWI

— Ashutosh Vashishtha (@iashutosh23) October 12, 2018

https://twitter.com/AmarGhodekar2/status/1050603994102394880

https://twitter.com/IRealAkshay/status/1050604007620718592

Shardul Thakur injury is the major blow for #WestIndies … ??#INDvWI

— வலிமையான கோகுல்?? (@GokulTalks) October 12, 2018

Looks like deal with Mumbai lobby to give Hanuma Vihari a test cap. In return Mumbai – Virat lobby getting Shardul Thakur, Pant, Shaw into team. Domestic performance and wait list be damned!

— Viveka Shenoy ?? (@vivekashenoy) October 12, 2018