Ranji Trophy: The second phase of the Ranji Trophy tournament, considered the most prestigious in Indian domestic cricket, has started. As per the instructions of BCCI, the big stars of the Indian team are playing Ranji Trophy. But the failure of most of them has increased the concern of BCCI before the England tour. At the same time, a cricketer has staked claim to return to the team with his strong performance.
Fifty in the first innings, scored a century in the second
The Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir started from 23 January. Mumbai team is full of star batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dubey but all 5 of them flopped in both the innings. Despite this, if Mumbai is in a strong position in the match, it is because of Shardul Thakur. Mumbai was restricted to 120 runs in the first innings in which Shardul scored 51 runs.
At the same time, in the second innings, when Mumbai lost 7 wickets for 101 runs, Shardul took control of the team by scoring a century. By the end of the second day's play, Mumbai had scored 274 runs for 7 wickets. Shardul has added 173 runs for the 8th wicket with Tanush Kotian. Shardul is unbeaten on 113 and Tanush Kotian is unbeaten on 58. Mumbai has got a lead of 188 runs.
Lost diamond found
Shardul Thakur was a part of the Indian team in the ODI World Cup 2023 but after the end of the World Cup, he was dropped from the team. All three of them are out of format. He has a good record in Test and ODI in India or abroad, yet he was not given a place in the Indian team for the New Zealand and Australia series. His name also did not come up in the discussion but Shardul has impressed a lot especially with his batting against Jammu and Kashmir. His hopes of returning to Team India have increased.
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Challenge for Rohit-Gambhir-Agarkar
With his batting, Shardul Thakur has knocked strongly on the doors of the Indian team for the 5-Test series against England. His performance is such that it will be difficult for captain Rohit Sharma, coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar to ignore him. India needs a lower order batsman like Shardul in Tests who is also capable of bowling. Let us tell you that this player has also taken 2 wickets in the first innings against Kashmir. Shardul has so far scored 331 runs and taken 31 wickets in 11 tests.
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