- Shardul Thakur has been out of Team India for a long time. He played his last match for India against South Africa in December 2023. Since then he has not got a chance in Team India.
Shardul Thakur: Shardul Thakur has been out of Team India for a long time. He played his last match for India against South Africa in December 2023. Since then he has not got a chance in Team India. Not only this, no one has bought him in the upcoming season of IPL. In such a situation, the star all-rounder has made a big decision regarding his career before the upcoming season. He has decided to leave the country and has decided to play for another team. What is the matter and which team is Shardul going to play for, let’s know
Shardul Thakur is going to be seen playing for this team
Source: ESPNCricinfo
All-rounder Shardul Thakur has decided to follow in the footsteps of his Mumbai teammate Prithvi Shaw. In this way, both are struggling to make a place in Team India. Both did not even get a place in the IPL team. In such a situation, now Shardul, like Prithvi, has decided to play in England’s first-class tournament County Cricket. He is going to be a part of Essex in the upcoming season. The cricket club itself has confirmed this through its social media handle.
✍️ Welcome to Essex, Shardul Thakur!
— Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) February 18, 2025
🦅 #FlyLikeAnEagle pic.twitter.com/mUGQCCBJIC
Shardul will be seen playing in the County Championship during the IPL
Let us tell you that Team India has to play a Test series against England on its home ground in June. In such a situation, it is speculated that Shardul Thakur will try to make a comeback in Team India by performing well in the County Championship.
It is known that Shardul Thakur is not a part of IPL this time. He was not retained by Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2025. After this, no team bought him in the IPL auction 2025 as well. He had kept its basic price at Rs 2 crore in the auction. But he did not find any buyer. In such a situation, he can go to England during the IPL and can be seen playing for the Essex team in the County Championship there.
Such was the journey with the Indian team
Shardul Thakur has played 11 Tests, 47 ODIs, and 25 T20 matches for Team India. During this, he has taken 129 wickets. He has scored 729 runs with the help of 5 half-centuries. Shardul was one of the key players of Team India till 2023. He was part of Team India in the World Test Championship 2023 and ODI World Cup 2023. But after this, she did not get a place back in the team.
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