India’s star cricketer Shardul Thakur once again managed to steal all the limelight as he played a hot cameo against South Africa in the ongoing 2nd ODI match of the 3-match series. India’s Shardul played a sublime knock to help the KL Rahul-led side post a target of 287 runs.
Before the game kickstarted, the Indian side won the toss and chose to bat first. The Indian side started on a shaky note as Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli fell in quick succession. But KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant formed an amazing partnership of more than a hundred runs for the third wicket to bring the momentum back to the side, completing half-centuries in the process.
But soon wickets bundled again, as Pant, Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer fell within a short span of time. India’s ship was then steadied by Shardul Thakur and Venkatesh Iyer. While Iyer was stumped on 22 but Thakur went on to play a stellar knock.
Shardul Thakur remained unbeaten for India as the lower-order batter stole the show with his bat by smashing a quick-fire 40 runs off 38 balls that included 3 fours and 1 six.
Interestingly, in the ongoing series, Lord Thakur has scored 90 runs from 81 balls without getting out in the ODI series against South Africa.
Skills on Fleek ft. Shardul! #SAvIND #WhistlePodu ? pic.twitter.com/iSD6KTc7vU
— Chennai Super Kings – Mask P?du Whistle P?du! (@ChennaiIPL) January 21, 2022
Meanwhile, as soon as the Indian innings came to an end, ‘Lord Shardul’ became a major trending hashtag on Twitter. From Pushpa dialogues to GoT memes, fans on social media came up with amazing reactions to Shardul Thakur’s hot cameo. Several experts and cricketers also joined the bandwagon and hailed the Lord on his terrific performance.
Here, check out the best tweets on Shardul Thakur’s stunning cameo:
I believe in Lord Shardul Thakur’s supremacy pic.twitter.com/v0paa0BLRN
— Sudhanshu Ranjan Singh (@memegineers_) January 21, 2022
Lord Shardul’s batting average this series#SAvIND #LordShardul #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/khshcdHAsz
— Pushp (@cricorcese) January 21, 2022
When is Shardul Thakur being promoted to the A+ BCCI contract?
— Heisenberg
(@internetumpire) January 21, 2022
(@internetumpire) The way Shardul Thakur @imShard is batting?He can be a full time batsman in Indian cricket team?Are we seeing a replication of Steve Smith career?@vikrantgupta73 #INDvsSA #sportstak pic.twitter.com/I0LrX5DPVg
— Bhagvat Vidhate (Vicky) (@vidhatevicky) January 21, 2022
From 188-265 in the 1st match and from 207-287 in the 2nd match. Man scored 90 runs at the s.r. of 111.11 so far in this series and hasn’t gotten out even once. Shardul Thakur is just built different.
— Heisenberg
Shardul thakur is awesome in this series
1 St odi 50 not out
2nd odi 40 not out
In dressing room LORD be like pic.twitter.com/QynIpZVwdG— Shubham Jain (@Shubham09273730) January 21, 2022
•Maiden Test Fifty in Gabba vs Australia.
•Back to Back Test Fifties at The Oval.
•Maiden ODI Fifty in South Africa.Shardul Thakur Scored all Fifties in SENA countries. Brilliant Shardul Thakur. pic.twitter.com/79Zq6hfzUc
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) January 19, 2022
Shardul Thakur with the bat in ODIs:
10 innings
197 runs @ 39.40
SR: 127.09#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/VhVdxWJ0tF— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) January 21, 2022
Lonely warrior lord ??#LordShardul pic.twitter.com/4hYkTbZ59K
— ????? ???? (@Shankhar_CKVS) January 19, 2022
Hardik Pandya watching the gameplay of Shardul Thakur be like* pic.twitter.com/tRjvPX5Tva
— Divyanshu
︎ (@pandit_vro) Across all formats he is India’s star batsman . #LordShardul
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) January 21, 2022
Given his form, I can see Shardul Thakur being promoted in an ODI sometime soon.
If he bats in the top 4-5, Iyer and Iyer can bat in the slog overs.
I think CSK promoted him once (it did not work).
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) January 21, 2022
That’s Lord Shardul Thakur against the whole South Africa ?? #INDvsSA #CricketTwitter
— Unnati Madan (@unnati_madan) January 21, 2022
ठाकुर साहब हर मैच मैं सारी जिम्मेदारी खुद ही निभाते हुए pic.twitter.com/KvusT45TMB
— Professor ngl राजा बाबू ?? (@GaurangBhardwa1) January 21, 2022
