Shardul Thakur trolls Australia, claims their 'Sledging' fell on deaf ears in Brisbane

Shardul Thakur turned out to be one of architects behind India’s series-clinching win at Gabba over Australia. cricketer, playing his first Test of tour and just second of his career, scored 67 with bat to keep India’s first-innings deficit down to just 33 runs. Moreover, Thakur also returned with figures of 3-94 and 4-61 to finish with a match haul of 7-155.

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India vs Australia 4th Test 2021: Shardul Thakur claims to be unfazed by on-field sledging

During press conference after his 67-run kck, Shardul Thakur said that he has “talent for batting” despite being kwn as a specialist bowler in team. He ded that he often practises batting in nets whenever he gets opportunity to do so. Thakur said that when he got chance to bat for India in first innings, he knew that a significant partnership with debutant Washington Sundar would help his team in long haul.

Shardul Thakur revealed that while he was batting at crease, several Australian players tried to have a “conversation” with him. Without naming opponents, he said that y simply asked “rmal questions” to distract him in middle. Thakur said that he did t respond to any of ir chatter and simply played on en route to forming a match-winning 123-run stand with Washington Sundar.

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Tim Paine, Matw We vocators of Australia’s sledging

To back Shardul Thakur’s claims, Australian captain Tim Paine was involved in a heated altercation with India’s all-rounder R Ashwin in third Test of series. Even close-in fielder Matw We h some words to distract Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari during ir Day 5 vigilance at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Moreover, Marnus Labuschagne was also involved in some constant banter with Team India openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill during third Test.

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Indian openers me ir way onto middle on Day 5 of Gabba Test on Tuesday, January 19, which also marked final day of India’s two-month long tour of Australia. Chasing 328 to pull off an unlikely Day 5 match and series victory, young opener Shubman Gill scored a cracking 91 from just 146 balls while batting barnacle Cheteshwar Pujara guarded wicket from his end. Rishabh Pant later played out an 89-run blinder to see India past finishing line.

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