All-Rounder Shardul Thakur emphasized the importance of perseverance on difficult days when he was thinking about his turnover of IPL 2025. The absence of an Indian cricket in the list of successful IPL Mega Auction raised the eyebrows because no franchise decided for a useful player despite his proven result in the tournament. Thakur, however, was later signed by Super Giants Lucknow as a replacement for injuries for Mohsin Khan.
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Shardul took four goals in his full quota of four overs and helped Lucknow to limit Hyderabad to 190-A under total where 200 plus scores became norm. Dismantled the highest order of Sunrisers and released great hitters Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan in the third procedure are going after a row by going. Later he added Abhinava Manohara and Mohammed Shami to his scalp list.
Shardul Thakur spoke to the transmitters after his potentially winning charm, revealing how the call of Zheer Khan played a key role in providing his place in IPL 2025.
“It was a bad day in the auction. I wasn’t chosen by any franchise.
“As I always say, skills are always there, talent is always there. But it’s just about performances. You have to be ready to go through the wrong days in cricket,” he added.
I will do something or another: SHARDUL
Shardul also reached a milestone on Thursday in his career of IPL, but the Bomber star insisted that he was not focusing on personal successes.
“Yes, of course. It is always good to be at the downhill. The game’s victory is my priority. I will do something or another.
Asked how Lucknow planned to face the aggressive Sunrisers tab, Shardul responded in his trademark style.
“They come hard at the pitch, why don’t the bowlers go to them hard? The utterance was around. We said,” Let’s go hard. Let’s try our chances. “We had to take our chances.
Although it was not sold in the auction, Shardul Thakur remained on the IPL team radar with his home performances. The star Mumbai scored 505 runs in the period 2024-25 Ranji Trophy in nine games and took 35 goals. He was helpful in the Mumbai campaign and picked up nine goals in the semifinals against Haryana and in the final contributed the decisive second exchanges 66 against Vidarbh.
Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
27. March 2025
Tune
