Shardul Thakur, the prominent bowling all-rounder makes a strong statement, striking twice in his first over for Lucknow Super Giants against Delhi Capitals in the fourth match of the IPL 2025. Notably, the 33-year-old went unsold in the mega auction and joined LSG as a replacement for the injured Mohsin Khan.
After the batter put up a good total of 209 runs, Shardul Thakur opened the bowling for LSG and removed dangerous Jake Fraser-McGurk on 1 and Abishek Porel on a duck at Visakhapatnam. He ended the over by giving just 6 runs and took 2 wickets.
DC vs LSG: Fans React as Shardul Thakur Takes 2 Wickets in First Over for LSG
LORD SHARDUL THAKUR HAS ARRIVED IN IPL 2025. WHAT A REDEMPTION AFTER GETTING USOLD. pic.twitter.com/9stVfdTxft
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) March 24, 2025
Lord Shardul Thakur is back 🥵🔥 pic.twitter.com/wBaCchRpQO
— Beast (@Beast__07_) March 24, 2025
Shardul Thakur baap of IPL. Can’t believe this don went unsold . pic.twitter.com/vSdskkKyPn
— ` (@FourOverthrows) March 24, 2025
Shardul Thakur definitely is god’s chosen one..Nothing else comprehends his insane cricket bits!
— Gagan Chawla (@toecrushrzzz) March 24, 2025
All IPL franchises should apologize to Lord Shardul Thakur for not picking him in the auction.#DCvsLSG pic.twitter.com/KYYxcugibh
— Binod (@wittybinod) March 24, 2025
Lord Shardul Thakur 🗿#DCvsLSG #lsgvdc pic.twitter.com/X8sC11Eh8V
— Prof cheems ॐ (@Prof_Cheems) March 24, 2025
About DC vs LSG
Axar Patel, the captain of the Delhi Capitals, won the toss and elected to bowl first at Visakhapatnam against the Lucknow Super Giants. However, LSG openers accepted the challenge and started amazingly with big shots all over the park. However, Aiden Markram got out to Nigam on 15 runs, but Mitchell Marsh continued his attack with new batter Nicholas Pooran.
The Australian scored 72 runs off just 36 balls, including 6 sixes and 6 fours, and got out to Mukesh Kumar. Pooran continued to attack and smashed 75 runs off just 30 balls. After these two wickets, the DC’s innings crashed with quick wickets of Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, and Shardul Thakur. However, with the finishing touches of David Miller LSG put up a good total of 209 in 20 overs.
While chasing the big total of 210, Delhi Capitals lost two wickets of Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abishek Porel in the first over and Sameer Rivzi also got out to M Siddhart on just 4 runs. At the time of writing DC is on 50 runs with the loss of 4 wickets in 5.4 overs.
Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi
