Mumbai: Talking about his performance in the Oval Test, all-rounder Shardul Thakur said that he wanted to create an impact in the game as soon as he knew he was playing.
In the fourth Test, Shardul scored fifties in both innings and he took crucial wickets in the second innings that led to England’s downfall in India’s victory.
“It feels great, the day I got to know I am playing the game, I planned on creating an impact in this game and create such an impact that I have to make useful and winning contribution for the team. On Day 5, with this result, I am very happy that I could contribute more than 100 runs and three wickets in the game. I always believed that I had the ability to bat, in the nets there was enough time to bat. I think these are the small little things I have done in the nets,” Shardul told bcci.tv.
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With enough conditions to bat, the England openers got the hosts off to a good start, both with half-centuries, however, Shardul came into the attack and dismissed Burns in his first over of Day 5.
The Virat Kohli-led side stormed to an emphatic 157-run win over England to take a 2-1 lead in the ongoing five-match series. Indian bowlers delivered big time on the last day of the fourth Test at the Kennington Oval on Monday as the genius of mercurial Jasprit Bumrah, and all-round performance by ShardulThakur in the match helped visitors in defeating England by 157 runs to gain a 2-1 in the five-match series.
India and England will now lock horns in the fifth and final Test, beginning September 10 at Manchester.
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