IND vs SA: Shardul Thakur Gives Bold Reply When Asked About His Consistency
Updated - 09 Oct 2022, 12:47 PM
India will lock horns against the Proteas in the second ODI in Ranchi. The mention of the city from a cricketing perspective inevitably, however, would lead to MS Dhoni’s name being taken.
Dhoni retired from international cricket more than two years ago and plays the sport only when the Indian Premier League (IPL) comes around but his presence, or absence, will be keenly felt when India tries to level the series in his hometown.
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India’s bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur got a taste of that when asked in a press conference on the eve of the match if India’s bowlers’ consistency has been affected because they no longer receive Dhoni’s guidance from behind the stumps.
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“As far as consistency goes, I think even bowlers playing for other teams tend to get hit for a lot of runs when they play in India. In the T20 series against South Africa, if you are going to criticise the bowlers you need to criticise their bowlers too. We won the series after all, their bowlers also got hit for a lot of runs.”
Thakur said that India has rarely suffered one-sided defeats at home, and has lost very few games overall, regardless of how many runs their bowlers concede because, on a day when the hosts’ bowlers are expensive, the visiting side also receives a similar treatment.
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