Days after Gautam Gambhir said Team India have moved on from Shardul Thakur, all-rounder says he’s yet to hear from selectors

“I haven’t had immoderate connection yet,” helium told reporters erstwhile asked astir his snub from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

This was Shardul’s champion show this play since helium recovered from ft surgery, for which helium underwent country successful London this June. He sustained the wounded sometime during the Ranji Trophy past play but played done the symptom and played a captious relation successful his team’s rubric march. But the wounded resurfaced during India’s circuit of South Africa earlier this year.

“I person conscionable returned from surgery, truthful it’s evident that’s the crushed I americium not successful the squad astatine the moment,” helium said.

“However, my fittingness is successful large signifier now, and since the Australia circuit is simply a agelong one, opportunities tin travel anytime. Following that, the England squad is besides coming to India for white-ball matches, past there’s the Champions Trophy, truthful there’s a batch of cricket ahead. So, determination volition surely beryllium chances determination down the line.

“My lone absorption astatine the infinitesimal is to further amended my fitness, enactment harder connected my bowling, and ever springiness 100% erstwhile I measurement onto the ground,” helium added.

In his stop-start career, injuries person often pegged him back. However, his glorious infinitesimal came successful the celebrated Gabba Test wherever helium made 67 successful the archetypal innings and took 7 wickets. His 57 disconnected 36 balls successful England successful 2021 astatine the Oval was the fastest half-century successful England. He went connected to people different 50 successful the 2nd innings and picked up 2 important wickets, including Joe Root, helping India triumph the lucifer by 157 runs. Shardul’s champion bowling figures (7/61) successful a Test came astatine the Wanderers successful 2022 against South Africa.

The Mumbai all-rounder reveals however helium has battled to get backmost into bushed this play aft returning from the injury.

“In the archetypal 1 oregon 2 matches, I had a spot of hesitation portion starting, but arsenic I kept playing matches post-surgery, my assurance gradually developed. Now, I person achieved 100 per cent fitness, and it’s reflected successful my bowling arsenic well. In the past 3 oregon 4 matches, I person been bowling successful afloat rhythm. Although rather a fewer catches were dropped, truthful the wickets aren’t reflecting connected the board. If those catches were taken, I would person had astir 20 wickets successful 5 matches. But that’s portion and parcel of the game,” helium said.

On switching formats, Shardul said: “Switching betwixt formats is simply a challenge, but this is wherever acquisition comes successful handy, which we person gained implicit the years by playing white-ball cricket. We’ll effort to usage that acquisition and use it whenever we play, beryllium it Syed Mushtaq Ali oregon Vijay Hazare tournaments. Additionally, this format displacement tin enactment arsenic a spot of remainder for bowlers who person played successful red-ball cricket, arsenic they volition person shorter spells successful T20s, keeping their bodies fresh.”