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Mumbai’s Shardul Thakur makes a palmy entreaty for the wicket of Jammu and Kashmir’s Abdul Samad during the archetypal time of a Ranji trophy trial cricket lucifer betwixt Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir, astatine Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, successful Mumbai, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (PTI Photo)
Shardul Thakur connected Friday said that a subordinate should beryllium considered for enactment if helium has “quality” aft producing fantastic batting show to prevention Mumbai immoderate blushes successful the Ranji Trophy
“What tin I speech astir my quality? Others should speech astir it. They should spot that if idiosyncratic has quality, helium should beryllium fixed much chances. I similar batting successful hard situations. In casual situations, everyone does well, but however you enactment up the amusement successful adverse situations matters. I spot pugnacious situations arsenic a situation and ever deliberation astir however to flooded that challenge,” Thakur said to reporters.
Even though Shardul has been retired of the nationalist set-up for a while, the Mumbai all-rounder has impressed successful the home circuit. Like connected Thursday, helium was the lone shining spot successful Mumbai’s abysmal batting show against Jammu & Kashmir, scoring 51 disconnected 57 balls.
The 33-year-old struck 5 fours and 2 sixes to resistance Mumbai, who were struggling astatine 47/7 astatine 1 point, to 120 each out.
Thakur’s exploits present astatine the BKC Ground served a reminder of his maiden First-Class ton successful the Ranji Trophy semifinal past season, erstwhile helium smacked a 105-ball 109 with 13 fours and 4 sixes coming successful astatine No. 9. His period took Mumbai from 106 for 7 to 378 against Tamil Nadu to acceptable up a triumph by an innings and 70 runs en way to their 43rd title.
Shardul besides defended India skipper Rohit Sharma who flopped connected his Ranji Trophy comeback, saying his passionateness for Mumbai cricket remains intact.
“He is ever passionate astir Mumbai cricket. Any Mumbaikar, the mode we person seen hardships increasing up arsenic teenagers playing maidan cricket, everyone is truthful passionate astir Mumbai cricket that adjacent if they’re playing for India, they travel what (the) Mumbai squad is doing,” helium said.
“When they travel backmost here, they play arsenic if they are portion of this squad and they play each (their) bosom out.” “To beryllium just to Rohit, I felt helium was conscionable batting successful his ain portion (and) dissimilar you said, helium wasn’t trying a lot. (He was) conscionable keeping things simple, but yes, (against) caller ball, (you get) 1 chance, (and) it tin spell anywhere,” helium added.
(With bureau inputs)
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