Australia Tour of India 2023
During the second match of the ODI series against Australia, Mark Waugh has given a big statement regarding Shardul Thakur.
Waugh gave statement about Shardul during the second match against Australia
Former Australian legend Mark Waugh has given a big statement regarding Indian star pacer Shardul Thakur. Actually, the second match of the three-match ODI series between India vs Australia ((IND vs AUS 2nd ODI) is being played at Holkar Stadium, where Team India, batting first, has scored 399 runs. Meanwhile, Waugh commented While doing this, Shardul has been described as a small and fat cricketer.
During the second ODI between India vs Australia, former legend Mark Waugh, while commentating, has given a big statement about Shardul Thakur. He said that “Shardul Thakur is a small-time cricketer.” Actually, in the second ODI, Shardul has bowled 4 overs of the first 20 overs and he has spent runs at an economy of around 10 without taking any wicket.
This was how the first innings was
Batting first, India scored 399 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. Shreyas Iyer has played 105 runs and Shubman Gill has played 104 runs for the team. Apart from this, Suryakumar Yadav batted brilliantly and scored unbeaten 72 runs in 37 balls. Captain KL Rahul scored 52 runs in just 37 balls. Along with this, the team has also hit a total of 18 sixes in the innings. India has also made its highest score in ODI against Australia.
Shardul’s career has been like this now
Shardul Thakur is called the wicket taking bowler of Team India. He took 30 wickets in 18 innings of 10 test matches. Apart from this, Shardul has taken 63 wickets in 43 innings of 44 ODI matches. Whereas Shardul has taken 33 wickets in 24 innings of 25 T20 matches. During this period, he has taken 5 wickets in Test only once.