Shardul Thakur picked 7/61, the best bowling figures by an Indian in a Test v South Africa.
The medium-pacer ran riot with the ball on Day 2 at the Wanderers, picking 7 wickets. Seeing Shardul's heroics with the ball, not only the fans were amazed, but even his teammates were left gobsmacked and one of them was R Ashwin.
Shardul Thakur ended up with the best bowling figures by an Indian against South Africa in Tests when he picked 7/61, helping India bowl Proteas out for 229 runs, keeping their lead to just 27 runs.
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When Shardul Thakur had gotten Marco Jansen caught by R Ashwin, the Tamil Nadu off-spinner was simply too much in awe and a quip from him was heard on stump mic, which left the netizens smiling.
The veteran off-spinner was heard as saying: “Yarra nee, engendhu da pudichanga unna? Nee ball potaale wicket vizhum,” Ashwin said in Tamil. The rough translation of the comment is: “Who are you? Wicket falls if you just bowl.”
This was Shardul Thakur’s maiden five-fer in Test matches and his best bowling figures in First-Class cricket as well.