Shardul Thakur returned wicketless as India bundled out Pakistan for 191 in 42.5 overs through the 2023 World Cup match on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday, October 14.
The 31-year-old was the one bowler and not using a wicket, as all 5 remaining bowlers—Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja—took two wickets every. He returned with a spell of 0/12 in his two overs.
Thakur has did not ship with the ball in his latest outings. The medium pacer took only one wicket towards Afghanistan in Delhi, the place India gained by eight wickets.
He had beforehand returned wicketless in two outings towards Australia within the just lately concluded ODI sequence. Thakur, nonetheless, has a knack of breaking essential partnerships and has scalped 20 wickets in 15 ODIs this yr up to now.
Followers on X (previously referred to as Twitter) roasted Shardul Thakur for ending wicketless and enjoying forward of Mohammad Shami within the match.
One person wrote:
“Bhai Shardul Thakur match khel raha tha na match dekh raha tha ?? Kash Axar Patel hota.”
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Pakistan set 192-run goal towards India earlier than center order collapse in World Cup match
Combating knocks from captain Babar Azam and vice captain Mohammad Rizwan helped Pakistan submit a good complete towards India within the World Cup match on Saturday.
Azam top-scored with 50 runs off 58 balls, together with seven boundaries, whereas Rizwan additionally chipped in with 49 off 69, comprising seven fours. The duo shared an 82-run partnership for the third wicket to get better Pakistan from 73/2.
Openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique additionally contributed 36 (38) and 20 (24), respectively, earlier than the collapse. The Males in Inexperienced misplaced their final eight wickets for simply 36 runs.
In response, India had been 33/4 after 4.4 overs, with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli on the crease. Shaheen Afridi supplied the primary breakthrough for Pakistan by dismissing Shubman Gill for 15 (16), caught by Shadab Khan at backward level.
For the uninitiated, the Males in Inexperienced are but to beat India within the ODI World Cups, having misplaced within the marquee ICC match seven instances.
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