India’s all -rounder Shardul Thakur will play seven matches for the county team Essex in Division One from the start of 2025 season, the club announced on Tuesday. File photo | Photo Credit: Atul Yadav
India’s all -rounder Shardul Thakur will play seven matches for the county team Essex in Division One from the start of 2025 season, the club announced on Tuesday.
33 -year -old Thakur, who has played 11 Tests, 47 Odis and 25 T20Is in the last eight years, will play in the English country circuit for the first time.
Thakur has been in rich form with both bat and ball, who has scored 51 and 119 runs for his second first class century against Jammu and Kashmir last month, followed by a fast 84 against Meghalaya in Ranji Trophy Group Stage. .
Thakur also claimed a hat-trick in the match against Meghalaya, to prove their form and fitness for a national team, with his final presence in the 2023 ODI World Cup.
“I feel excited to join Essex in this summer. Personally it brings new challenges and opportunities to show its talent and skill. County cricket is something that I always wanted to experience and me happiness Is that I will represent Eagles, “Thakur was said on his website by Essex.
Chris Silverwood, director of Cricket’s Essex and former England and Sri Lankan coach Chris Silverwood said, “We were very clear among us that a high quality quick bowler, with a low -order batting capacity, a significant goal for the club in this winter, Was.
He said, “In Shardul, we have just signed it, and we cannot wait to welcome him to Essex and see how he arrives at the county championship,” he said.
Thakur, who was not elected by any of the Indian Premier League teams in the mega auction before the 2025 season, thus enough games for situations in England to prove their form and fitness ahead of the tour of India in England. You will get time and exposure. June for five tests.
Published – 19 February, 2025 01:03 am IST
