Shardul Thakur

All-Rounder

India

matches

-

runs

-

wickets

-

born

October 16, 1991

IPL Debut

2015

Batting Style

Right Handed

Bowling Style

Right-arm medium fast

About Shardul Thakur

There is that one bowler in every team who has that uncanny knack of providing breakthroughs when the team needs them the most, and whenever that bowler comes on to bowl, he brings wickets with him. Shardul Thakur is a right-arm pace bowling all-rounder who brings that same attribute to the table when representing the Indian national team.


It was not a fairytale start for Shardul, as he managed just 4 wickets in his debut season in the Ranji Trophy. He redeemed himself in the 2013/14 season, picking up 27 wickets in 6 games, and came of age in the third season, snaring 48 wickets, which made him the joint-highest wicket-taker for the 2014/15 season. He was rewarded with an Indian Premier League contract as the Punjab franchise picked him up for the 2015 edition.


In 2017, Indian selectors took notice of his performances at the domestic level for Mumbai and named him in India’s white-ball squad for the tour of Sri Lanka, where he made his ODI debut. Shardul went on to make his T20I and Test debuts for India. He was part of the Indian Test team during their 2020-21 tour of Australia. His maiden fifty in Brisbane was one of the high points of the series that India eventually pocketed.


Shardul has a good outswinger going away from the right-handed batter. He can also extract purchase from the surface by hitting the wicket. Thakur is more than decent with the bat and can certainly show some fight lower down the order. His multi-dimensional skills make him a useful commodity in the team. After playing for the Punjab franchise, he represented the now-defunct Pune, Chennai, and Delhi franchises in the Indian Premier League. He won the Indian Premier League title with Chennai in 2018 and 2021.


Despite being out of favour in the T20I setup since 2022, Shardul remained a valuable member of India’s ODI side and earned a place in the 2023 World Cup squad, where he had a mixed tournament. However, post the World Cup, injuries and competition from other all-rounders saw him lose his place in both ODIs and Tests. Adding to his struggles, Thakur went unsold at the 2025 IPL auction, a surprising turn for a player known for his knack of breaking partnerships and contributing with the bat. But as fate would have it, he was drafted in as a replacement by Lucknow Super Giants for the injured Mohsin Khan.

Shardul Thakur IPL Career Statistics

NO DATA AVAILABLE

IPL Squad

Axar

Patel

All-Rounder

India

Matches

12

Runs

263

Wickets

5

Ashutosh

Sharma

Batter

India

Matches

13

Runs

204

Highest Score

66

Faf

du Plessis

Batter

South Africa

Matches

9

Runs

202

Highest Score

62

Karun

Nair

Batter

India

Matches

8

Runs

198

Highest Score

89

Sameer

Rizvi

Batter

India

Matches

5

Runs

121

Highest Score

58

Sediqullah

Atal

Batter

Afghanistan

Matches

1

Runs

22

Highest Score

22

Tristan

Stubbs

Batter

South Africa

Matches

14

Runs

300

Highest Score

41

Ajay

Mandal

All-Rounder

India

Matches

-

Runs

-

Wickets

-

Madhav

Tiwari

All-Rounder

India

Matches

1

Runs

3

Wickets

-

Manvanth

Kumar

All-Rounder

India

Matches

-

Runs

-

Wickets

-

Tripurana

Vijay

All-Rounder

India

Matches

-

Runs

-

Wickets

-

Vipraj

Nigam

Bowler

India

Matches

14

Runs

142

Wickets

11

Abishek

Porel

Batter

India

Matches

13

Runs

301

Stumpings

-

Donovan

Ferreira

Wicket Keeper

South Africa

Matches

1

Runs

1

Stumpings

-

KL

Rahul

Wicket Keeper

India

Matches

13

Runs

539

Stumpings

-

Darshan

Nalkande

Bowler

India

Matches

-

Wickets

-

Best Figures

-

Dushmantha

Chameera

Bowler

Sri Lanka

Matches

6

Wickets

4

Best Figures

1/24

Kuldeep

Yadav

Bowling

India

Matches

14

Wickets

15

Best Figures

3/22

Mohit

Sharma

Bowler

India

Matches

8

Wickets

2

Best Figures

1/10

Mukesh

Kumar

Bowler

India

Matches

12

Wickets

12

Best Figures

4/33

Mustafizur

Rahman

Bowler

Bangladesh

Matches

3

Wickets

4

Best Figures

3/33

T

Natarajan

Bowler

India

Matches

2

Wickets

-

Best Figures

0/49