Shardul Thakur has become the new troubleshooter of the Indian team. When Team India is in trouble on foreign soil, Shardul sometimes comes in handy with the ball and sometimes with the bat. This time Shardul did this feat at the Oval in England. In the final of the World Test Championship, he scored a brilliant 51 off 109 balls in the first innings against Australia. This is his fourth half-century in Test.
The wicket was 152 runs. From here he supported Ajinkya Rahane very well. He shared a 109-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Rahane. Rahane and Shardul's partnership averted the threat of a follow-on from India. Shardul was dismissed as the ninth batsman. The Indian team was limited to 296 runs in the first innings. Earlier Australia had scored 469 runs. He got a lead of 173 runs on the basis of first innings.
Shardul's third consecutive half-century in Oval -
Shardul has become Lord of Oval on the basis of his excellent batting. He scored a half-century in the third consecutive innings on this ground. Last time when Team India went on England tour, Shardul did wonders. He scored half-centuries in both the innings in 2021. When Shardul came out to bat in the first innings, Team India's score was 117 for six wickets. He scored 57 runs off 36 balls. In the second innings, when India's score was 312 for six, Shardul scored an inning of 60 off 72 balls. India won that Test by 157 runs.
equaled Bradman's record -
Shardul equaled the records of Australian greats Don Bradman and Allan Border by scoring his third consecutive half-century at The Oval. Bradman scored more than 50 runs in three consecutive innings at the Oval from 1930 to 1934. Whereas, Border did this from 1985 to 1989.
Rahane missed out on a century -
apart from Shardul Thakur, Ajinkya Rahane played an inning of 89 runs for India. Ravindra Jadeja also scored 48 runs. Pat Cummins took three wickets for Australia. Scott Boland, Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc got two wickets each. Nathan Lyon took one wicket.
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