Shardul Thakur is ready to return to the Indian team for a five -match Test series against England
Sharadul Thakur is all set to return to the cricket Test team for the first time since December 2023 in the series against England. The all -rounder, who was out of favor of the selectors in the previous year, is most likely to move to the UK with the team. With the return of Thakur, Nitish Kumar Reds services will be required very little. India can consider only to take Thakur and leave the young man.
Thakur is enough, Nitish is not needed
Sharadul is a much better and more experienced all -rounder than Nitish. There is already experience of playing in England in the past in the past, With 10 wickets and 122 runs from 4 matches. Overall, Thakur has played 11 tests so far, and 31 wickets and 331 runs,
In addition, Shardul scored an unprecedented run in the Ranji Trophy 2024/25, which ended as Mumbai’s highest run-goldter in the tournament. All-rounder gathered for Rahane and co-co-co-operative 505 runs and 35 wickets from 9 matchesaverage 42.08 with bat and 22.62 balls.
His good form continued in IPL 2025 as well, where he entered LSG as a replacement for injury after being unheard of mega auction. In 9 matches, he has already taken 12 wickets. His current form is much better than Nitish Reddy.
On the other hand, Hyderabad all-rounder saw one meter increase in 2024 after the IPL. He was rapidly tracked for the Test team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where he performed some commendable all-round, including a fight century score.
However, his form has been a matter of concern. First, he has not bowled at all for SRH in IPL 2025. With the bat, he has failed to set up just 173 runs in 10 innings. Without giving any support to the bowling to Reddy, he is not just worth joining the team, either with or without Thakur.
In addition, Shardul has experience playing in army countries compared to Reddy, who has played only one series in Australia. Given that India’s batting and bowling would be better enhanced by Shardul’s inclusion, it is intelligent for selectors not to choose Reddy for the England series only.
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