Shardul Thakur Wife, Height, Age, IPL, Teams, Stats, Jersey Number

Shardul Thakur is a promising Indian quick, who has the ability to swing the ball away from the right-handers. Shardul has made a name for himself in the Indian domestic cricket circuit playing for Mumbai.

• Shardul Thakur is the third player in the history of Harris Shield Trophy to have hit six 6s in an over in 2006
• Shardul Thakur is quite a delight with the ball and in the 2012-13 season, he took 27 wickets in six matches with an average of 26.25.

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Shardul Thakur weighed about 85 kgs when he was young but after Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar advised him to lose some weight he took that advice seriously and worked on his fitness

• He was selected to play in Ranji Trophy in 2013 for Mumbai but he was highly criticised for his overweight figure
• He trained under Australian legend Glenn McGrath which helped him sharpening his bowling attack
• Shardul Thakur was bought by Kings XI Punjab in the IPL 2014 but he made his first appearance in IPL 2015