IPL: Shardul Thakur records career-best figures, races to 100 wickets
27 Mar 2025

Shardul Thakur was the pick of Lucknow Super Giants's bowlers in their IPL 2025 encounter against hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Thakur took four wickets as the Orange Army were restricted to a sub-200 score (190/9) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

The Indian pacer registered his career-best bowling figures in the IPL. He also completed 100 wickets in the cash-rich league.

Thakur makes early inroads in SRH line-up
Spell

Thakur struck early on after the Super Giants elected to field. He dismissed Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan on successive balls, which brought SRH down to 15/2.

Thakur then removed Abhinav Manohar in his final spell at the back end. His final wicket came in the form of Mohammed Shami.

The LSG pacer returned figures worth 4/34 from four overs.

Career-best bowling figures
Figures

As mentioned, Thakur registered his career-best bowling figures in the IPL. He delivered as many as 11 dot balls.

His previous-best IPL figures were 4/36, which came for Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 2022 season.

Overall, Thakur has become the seventh player with a four-wicket haul for LSG in the IPL. He has the fifth-best bowling figures in this regard.

Thakur completes 100 IPL wickets
Milestone

As mentioned, Thakur also completed 100 IPL wickets during the innings. He reached the landmark in his 97th encounter.

Thakur has an average of 29.22, while he has a 9.21 economy rate in the tournament.

The Indian all-rounder has six wickets in the IPL 2025 season from two matches for LSG.

His average and economy rate read 8.83 each respectively.

How Thakur entered LSG setup
Fact

It is worth noting that Thakur went unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction. He entered the LSG roster as a replacement for the injured Mohsin Khan. He was a part of CSK in IPL 2024 but was released ahead of the mega-auction.

LSG beat SRH by five wickets
Chase

LSG lost Aiden Markram quite early in the run-chase. However, his dismissal didn't affect them much, as the Nicholas Pooran show followed.

He added a century-plus stand with Mitchell Marsh. While Marsh played second fiddle, Pooran steered the Orange Army past 100 in just 7.3 overs.

Although LSG lost Pooran, Marsh, and then Rishabh Pant, David Miller and Abdul Samad got them home.

Our Player of the Day
PoM

Although Pooran and Marsh slammed blistering half-centuries, it was Thakur's four-wicket haul that laid the foundation of LSG's win.

The latter defied the narratives of SRH touching the 300-run mark on Hyderabad's batting-friendly wicket.

Thakur's impact was noteworthy as he difused the dangerous Abhishek and Ishan. The latter was coming off an incredible ton.

Therefore, Thakur is our Player of the Day.