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Mohammed Shami vs Shardul Thakur: It's a choice between high-risk cricket and flexibility for India
Firstcricket Staff •On form it's tough to argue that Mohammed Shami shouldn't be picked in team India's playing XI but Shardul Thakur offers flexibility.
India vs Australia: Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur rested for 3rd ODI; Axar Patel ruled out
Trendingdesk •Shubman Gill carried his rich vein of form over to the ODI series against Australia, scoring a century and stitching a match-winning partnership with Shreyas Iyer in Indore.
India vs Bangladesh, Asia Cup: Shardul Thakur shines with three-fer, Tilak Varma, SKY flop with bat
Pnvishnu •With Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav rested, the team management decided to bring in Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna to test their bench strength against Bangladesh.
Shardul Thakur's aggressive cricket is what will help him go to the World Cup 2023
Firstcricket Staff •A number of spots in the Team India are still to be filled for the World Cup 2023 and Shardul Thakur is leading the race for the No 8 slot.
India vs West Indies: Shardul Thakur gets limited credit for his bowling, says Aakash Chopra
Firstcricket Staff •For India, Shardul Thakur has the most wickets in ODIs since the 2019 World Cup. In the 32 games he's featured in, the seamer has taken 48 wickets
Shardul Thakur: 'I always play to help the team win, not seal a World Cup spot'
Firstcricket Staff •With his career-best figures in the third ODI, Shardul Thakur is seen as a certainty for India's squad for the World Cup 2023, but the all-rounder is not concerned about his spot.
Rahane, Shardul rise in ICC Test rankings; Ashwin maintains top spot among bowlers
•Ajinkya Rahane climbed to the 37th position while Shardul Thakur rose to 94th among batters, even as Ravichandran Ashwin maintained his top spot among Test bowlers.
WTC Final 2023: The Oval pitch was under prepared going into day one, says Shardul Thakur
Firstcricket Staff •Shardul Thakur has struck three consecutive fifties at The Oval but feels this current surface is not the one they had played on in 2021.
WTC Final 2023: Shardul Thakur says title clash against Australia a 'once in a lifetime opportunity'
Firstcricket Staff •Shardul was part of India’s squad that faced New Zealand in the WTC 2021 final, but failed to feature in the playing XI at the time.
IPL 2023: Yusuf Pathan advises KKR all-rounder Shardul Thakur to 'focus more on bowling'
Firstcricket Staff •Though he has had a couple of match-winning contributions this season, Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Thakur simply hasn't been able to achieve consistency with bat or ball across IPL 2023.