No one has spoken to me post injury: Shardul Thakur

[saik]

The 27-year-old pacer said the national selectors have not communicated with him since he returned from injury © Getty

 

Shardul Thakur, who played a Test match for India not too long ago, has made an impressive return from a groin injury that kept him out for almost two months. On Tuesday at the Wankhede Stadium, the seamer moved the ball around at decent pace to take four for 47 to help Mumbai bowl out Chhattisgarh for just 149 in the second innings of their Ranji Trophy match. Thakur's impressive match haul of eight for 79 has taken his team to the cusp of a win with a bonus point.

However, the 27-year-old pacer became the latest player to reveal that the national selectors have not communicated with him since he returned from injury. "No one has spoken to me yet," Thakur said. There was no national selector present at the venue to see how the fast bowler, whose Test debut against West Indies in October in Hyderabad lasted a mere 10 balls before he limped off the ground, is shaping up now either.

A source in the BCCI, however, contradicted Thakur's statement. "The selectors have been speaking to him from the time he was set to return to action, in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy game against Vidarbha at Nagpur on New Year's Eve. He's been told that he should keep himself ready to play for India A for the limited over and 'Test' series against the England Lions at home," he told TOI.

Speaking about hit fitness levels and how his bowling is shaping up, Thakur said: "I'm getting better every game, every day. The way I bowled against Vidarbha (his first game since coming back from injury), on Days One and Two was different. I improved on Day Two. Here at Wankhede, I improved from the last game," Thakur said.

For now, Thakur is focused on gaining match practice. "At the moment, I'm not worried about speed. I need to bowl as many overs as I can in a match, and take that experience with me, so that when I play at a higher level, I can take that workload. Talking about my speed, it will come. I've been training, doing my fitness sessions," he said.

His bowling, the speedster, admitted, isn't 100 per cent there as of now. "I'm at the 90 per cent mark. I'm coming out of a major injury. If I say I'm bowling at 100 per cent, or if I try to bowl 100 per cent, it will be silly of me to do that immediately. As I said earlier, I'm progressing slowly, so hopefully, I'll get there in a few weeks," he said.

Meanwhile, the pacer was obviously hurt by Mumbai's poor show this season. "It's painful. All these years we've made the knockouts. we've made the semis, played in two finals. since I started playing for Mumbai, this is the first time that we've not qualified for the knockouts. It was painful sitting at home and watching your team not do well. A lot of times I felt that I should be playing out there helping the team, but I couldn't do much since I was injured," he lamented.

Thakur, who has played five ODIs and seven T20Is for India, seems to have taken his nightmare of a Test debut in his stride. "Injuries are a part and parcel of the game. I was unlucky that it happened on my Test debut. Maybe if I was playing some club game, it would have happened there, and you would still call me unlucky," he said.

Comments for the above article:

 

Shrikanth Smiley

Too much confidence is a disaster....Keep your head high....but your eyes to the ground......

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Som Patil

Improve your numbers then everyone will contact you :), all the best.

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Gaurav Kumar Meena

Another cry baby like karun nair, no performance only talks and talks, make your performance talk man. You will get enough opportunities

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Abhishek Gupta

First learn to bowl

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Vamshi Chigurupati

I dont understand why ur in the squad(in any format) at the first place..... mumbai reservation??

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Sabir Khan

You should think yourself lucky to play for India on Mumbai reservation...We have already seen your performance on international level and you dont deserve a place in India A team itself. Apart from that selectors have many other works than speaking to you.

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[vayuu1]

OK, I speak on the behalf of the selectors "the door is behind you, get lost and don't ever come back and take these unadgrunts, kaul and chahar's with you, oh and take Dhoni ghat as well and enjoy ur chewter king reunion ". 

Edited January 9, 2019 by vayuu1

[wanted_desi]

Why should selectors talk to him? Should they talk to everyone in Ranji Cricket? 

[beetle]

Good.

[ShoonyaSifar]

Got injured in Asia Cup, was recalled for WI tests, given an opportunity, injured again. He should be nowhere near the national team till he has played at least 5-6 months of competitive cricket. 

 

[Real McCoy]

What sense of entitlement. No one cares. Shut up and do your job. If you are worthy which I doubt, the selectors will take notice. Unbelievable.

 

PS - We are supposed to be sorry for this guy who has already made his millions in the IPL

Edited January 9, 2019 by Real McCoy

[Pollack]

Thankfully.

[Nonbeliever]

[LordPrabhzy]

Maybe their recharge on the phone finished?

[Number]

2 hours ago, vayuu1 said:

OK, I speak on the behalf of the selectors "the door is behind you, get lost and don't ever come back and take these unadgrunts, kaul and chahar's with you, oh and take Dhoni ghat as well and enjoy ur chewter king reunion ". 

Pawan bhai thulthul and padaude ke liye kya message hai 

[ind_hyd1]

First does he remember his performance in the t20 tournament in Sri Lanka. Seems blaming selectors has become a fashion

[gakgupta]

As a Indian cricket fan, we are lucky that selectors are not speaking to him...

We have far better bowlers than him....

Another Mumbai quota....

But he is far behind intl standards...

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[Cricketics]

Shardul needs to get in touch with Pandya and get on Koffee with Karan. Bcci and then whole India will surely speak to him then.

 

 

[maniac]

1 hour ago, Cricketics said:

Shardul needs to get in touch with Pandya and get on Koffee with Karan. Bcci and then whole India will surely speak to him then.

 

 

Him and Kedar Jadhav. Both will pull a muscle carrying the gift hamper

[vayuu1]

2 hours ago, Number said:

Pawan bhai thulthul and padaude ke liye kya message hai 

It's ashwin actually, needs to reduce his ma.. mmay, tond and putha, nhi to Kuldeep wahi pe maar dega juta, aur ashwin ban jayega na ghar Ka na ghat wala Dhoni Ka kutta. 

[kosingh]

I see a lot of cricketers around the world are now using he media to complain about selectors not speaking to them about not being picked. 

 

Way too much entitlement in these folks. 

 

[vayuu1]

Selectors to shardul 

[wanted_desi]

2 hours ago, kosingh said:

I see a lot of cricketers around the world are now using he media to complain about selectors not speaking to them about not being picked. 

 

Way too much entitlement in these folks. 

 

Taking a tip from Padosiz, where only way to get into team is to give statements in front of media. 

[Khota]

I see lot of hate in this thread.