Shardul Thakur Scores Unbeaten 122 In Intra-Squad Match Ahead Of England Series
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According to a report, in the intra-squad match, which is taking place behind closed doors, Shardul scored 122 runs.
Shardul Thakur is back in the Indian Test team, and on Sunday (June 15), he made a case for selection in India's playing XI for the first Test against England by scoring an unbeaten century in the ongoing intra-squad match. According to a report in the Indian Express, the 33-year-old right-handed batter from Mumbai played an unbeaten knock of 122 runs.
Shardul, who last played a red-ball match for India in the 2023 Boxing Day Test against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town, made his way back to the Test team after superb performances for Mumbai in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy. He finished as the second leading run getter for the most successful team in Ranji Trophy history and dismissed 35 batters in nine matches.
Shardul, who failed to do much with the ball in the two unofficial Tests for India A against the England Lions earlier this month, impressed with his bowling as well on Day 1 of the intra-squad match.
Shardul's record in Test cricket
Shardul made his Test debut for India against the West Indies in Hyderabad on October 12, 2018, and in 11 matches played so far, has dismissed 31 batters. Shardul has one five-wicket haul to his name in the five-day format of the game.
In 18 innings, with the help of four half-centuries, he has amassed a total of 331 runs.
The 33-year-old cricketer has played four Tests for India in England so far and has 173 runs and 10 wickets to his name. In his last Test appearance on English soil, which came against Australia at The Oval from June 7 to 11 in 2023, he scored a half-century (51) in the first innings.
On Day 1 of the intra-squad match, India's new Test captain Shubman Gill and opening batter KL Rahul scored half-centuries, and on Day 2, Sarfaraz Khan hammered a 76-ball century.
While Rahul is all set to open for India in the Test series, Gill is expected to bat at No. 4 in the first away series of the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, but Sarfaraz is not part of the 18-member Test team.
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June 15, 2025, 20:17 IST
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