Shardul Thakur: Have become better T20 bowler in last two years with improved skills

Having worked considerably on his skill-sets, speedster Shardul Thakur feels that he has become a "better T20 bowler" compared to what he was a couple of years back.  Thakur featured in his first T20 International in 22 months. figures of 3/23 showed that re has been a marked improvement in his death bowling since 2018 Nidahas T20 Trophy in Sri Lanka where he was a batsman's delight. "I feel T20 is such a short format, re are always going to be ups and downs. more you play, more experienced you get and you keep learning. Whereas first-class and Test cricket are formats where you have time to think about your game but in T20 you don't have that time," Thakur said following India's seven-wicket win against Sri Lanka.

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'Have become better T20 bowler'

Playing IPL regularly over past couple of seasons has been one of reasons for his success, feels Thakur. "So whenever you practice, you need to d to your strengths and keep bettering your skills. Over a period of time, while practising I have been developing my skills and brushing it up. Playing last two-three years in IPL, and domestic cricket, I have gotten better," Thakur said.

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Like all young pacers, Thakur also spoke about contribution from Indian team's bowling coach Bharat Arun as it's difficult to man sessions with a personal coach in a heavy duty cricket calendar. 

"At this point, it is very difficult to work with a particular coach because I am in and out of Indian team. Sometimes I play for Mumbai, n Chennai Super Kings. w I am again with Indian team. But recently, our bowling coach (India) Bharat Arun has been really helpful," said Thakur.

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He picked all his wickets against Sri Lanka in penultimate (19th) over and his plan was to keep things simple. "I just h to bowl as many dot balls (that) I could. Luckily, I got three wickets re. It is satisfying. I have been working hard for it. When it pays off in an international game, it makes me really happy," said Mumbai pacer. Sri Lanka could only man 142 for nine, which India chased down comfortably. Thakur said it was a below-par total considering conditions.

" pitch was very good. It was about 170-180 wicket. I don't think it was difficult to score runs on that pitch. re was dew also today." He also praised fellow fast bowler Navdeep Saini, who too impressed on Tuesday "He was really good in this game. way he uses his bouncers and yorkers is creditable. He was also bowling with some gas," ded Thakur.

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