Sachin Tendulkar credits Shardul Thakur's all-round performance for keeping 4th Test alive

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar heaped praise on Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur after duo combined to pick nine wickets while bundling out Australia for 294 on Day 4 of series-deciding fourth Test match at Gabba, Brisbane. 
However, he gave special mention to Shardul Thakur for his excellent all-round performance in this contest.

'Important all round performance': Sachin Tendulkar

Taking to micro-blogging site, Master Blaster first congratulated Siraj for registering a fifer in second innings and n hailed Shardul's important all-round performance which has kept decider interesting so far and more importantly Test series alive. 

Mohammed Siraj finished with figures of 5/73 from his 19.5 overs. He accounted for Australia's frontline batsmen (both top and middle-order) that included key wickets of Marus Labuschagne & Steve Smith before dismissing Matw Wade, Cameron Green, and Test skipper Tim Paine respectively. 

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Shardul Thakur's contributions with bat & ball

Thakur has been really impressive in this Test match. He had finished his spell with figures of 3/94 from his 24 overs and n played an outstanding kck with bat by scoring a precious 67 runs. duo added 123 runs for seventh-wicket stand after India were starring down barrel at 186/6. ir impactful partnership in middle-order helped India post 336 in reply to Australia's first innings total of 369.

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Mumbai pacer n went on to make his presence felt in second innings as well with ball in hand. Both he and Siraj worked in tandem to restrict Australia to a manable total. Thakur finished with figures of 4/61 from his 19 overs as hosts were bundled out for 294 to set India a target of 328 runs to win this match and retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

India in reply are 4/0 at stumps on Day 4. 

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