Shardul Thakur takes an initial lead over Nitish Reddy in the battle of all-rounders for Ind v. Ang Test

Sharadul Thakur caused concern for Nitish Kumar Reddy. Earlier, Ranji was tearing the trophy a few months ago. In 9 matches for Mumbai, Shardul scored 505 runs at 42.08 and took 35 wickets at 22.62. In the second phase of the tournament, he was undoubtedly the best player.

So the chief was his show that the selectors were forced to take Shardul in India’s squad for England. Apart from the recent performance, the 33 -year -old also has a pre -playing experience in England. And to see where he stands, Shardul was also included in a team in India, which was to face England Lions in two practice matches.

Shardul Thakur confirmed as usual

The first match is still going on and so far, Sharadul may have an upper hand on Nitish Reddy. Everyone knows that Shardul is a better bowler. In fact, many people do not even consider him an all-rounder, but a bowler who does a little bats. For Nitish, this is flip. He is seen as a batsman who bowls.

Both of his records suggest this. For example, take Nitish’s bowling statistics in Australia. In 9 innings, he bowled 44 overs. This is not even 9 overs per match. In Shardul’s Test career, he saves about 22 overs per match on an average. And there is an inequality in quality. In Australia and South Africa, Shardul has also been seen as the first-conversion bowler, while Nitish is often the last option.

This means that this is their batting that separates them. If we see India at the lions of A vs England, then Shardul also moves forward on that front. Yes, we are only in one innings. But Nitish looked very rarely on confidence. And it is understandable what happened to him in the last 5 months.