Personal Information

Full Name Shardul Narendra Thakur
Born October 16, 1991 Palghar, Maharashtra
Age 33 Years, 8 Months, 8 Days
National Side India
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Right-arm medium fast
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting - - -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
0 1 3 0 -

Career Information

Teams Played India, Essex, India A, India B, India Blue, Rest of India, West Zone, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai, Mumbai A, Western Wolves, Rising Pune Supergiant, Eagle Thane Strikers, Indians, Lucknow Super Giants, Tata Sports Club
Career Span

Shardul Narendra Thakur Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
11 18 1 331 67 v AUS 0 4 41 9 19.47 63.41 5 0 AUS 1 3 0 1 IND India IND
ODI
47 25 6 329 50* v SA 0 1 31 9 17.31 105.11 9 0 SA 7 2 1 2 IND India IND
World Cup
3 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 - 0.00 1 0 AFG 1188 0 0 2 IND India IND
T20I
25 6 3 69 22* v SL 0 0 5 4 23.00 181.57 7 0 SL 8 2 0 3 IND India IND
First-class
83 113 6 2241 119 v JAM 2 12 270 50 20.94 70.03 23 0 JAM 1216 14 4 4 - - -
List A
71 43 12 669 92 v HIM 0 3 50 35 21.58 116.14 18 0 HIM 1205 8 4 5 - - -
IPL
104 41 14 321 68 v RCB 0 1 29 13 11.88 138.36 35 0 RCB 1105 9 4 6 KKR Kolkata Knight Riders KKR

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
19 241.3 36 880 31 7/61 v SA 2 1 28.38 3.64 46.74 11 1 IND India IND
ODI
46 323.2 10 2014 65 4/37 v WI 11 0 30.98 6.22 29.84 46 2 IND India IND
World Cup
3 17 0 102 2 1/31 v AFG 0 0 51.00 6.00 51.00 3 2 IND India IND
T20I
24 84.2 0 772 33 4/27 v SL 4 0 23.39 9.15 15.33 24 3 IND India IND
First-class
147 2352.3 472 7468 269 6/21 v ASM 31 14 27.76 3.17 52.47 83 4 - - -
List A
71 542.4 26 3015 115 4/19 v SER 19 0 26.21 5.55 28.31 71 5 - - -
IPL
101 341 3 3205 106 4/34 v SRH 8 0 30.23 9.39 19.30 56 6 CSK Chennai Super Kings CSK

Shardul Narendra Thakur Profile

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.