Shardul Thakur in playing XI? (Photo: PTI)
That song is not there, color is deposited, color will be frozen. The reality of Shardul Thakur also looks the same. He has given color by scoring a century in the intra squad match. Now, waiting for that color and freezing. India’s playing XI has not yet been announced for the first Test against England. But now there is a lot of hope that Shardul Thakur can become a part of that playing XI. The new Test captain Shubman Gill can decide to feed them. And, it seems to be possible due to his 122 -run innings. Now the question is that if Shardul is playing out of the Test team since December 2023, then who will go out of the playing XI?
Shardul Thakur in India’s playing XI?
There are a lot of questions in front of the Indian think tank against England against the playing XI, in which one of the questions was also from Sharadul Thakur and Nitish Kumar Reddy? Both are almost the same player with almost the same rolls. Nitish scored a century on Australia tour. In such a situation, there was also a possibility of playing in England. But now Shardul Thakur has scored a century in the intra squad match. After that, it does not seem that there will be no ages in front of Gill or India’s think tank to choose one of the two.
Will Gill out this player?
To feed Shardul Thakur, India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy can sit on the bench. Meaning Nitish Reddy can be excluded from the playing XI for Shardul. There will be many reasons for this decision, but also the biggest reason is the current form, which has proved that Shardul Thakur has proved 122 runs.
This factor is also in Shardul’s play to play
Apart from this, the experience of playing in England also reinforces Shardul’s possibility of joining the playing XI against England. Where Nitish Kumar Reddy has not played a single match in England yet. At the same time, Shardul has experience of playing 3 Tests there. After the departure of players like Rohit-Virat-Ashwin, Team India still needs the same little experience in England.
Will you get a chance after December 2023?
Shardul Thakur played the last Test for India in December 2023. He did not get a chance last year. But he did not lose courage. He redeemed whatever opportunities he got in domestic cricket and county cricket. And now the result of that is that he can once again be seen wearing Team India’s Test jersey.
