Shardul Thakur bowled the worst spell of his career, name added to shameful list after remaining unsold

Cricket News Desk. After returning from surgery, nothing is going well on the field for Shardul Thakur. Shardul was not included in the team for the first Australia tour. After this, Team India’s star all-rounder remained unsold even in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Along with luck, questions have also been raised on Shardul’s own performance. Shardul bowled the worst bowling to Syed Mushtaq Ali in the history of the tournament. The Kerala batsmen thrashed this Mumbai bowler badly.

Shardul bowled the worst
The effect of not being sold in the IPL mega auction was also seen on the performance of Shardul Thakur. Shardul Thakur had a shameful record in the match played against Kerala in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament. Shardul gave runs freely in his four over bowling spell. The Kerala batsmen targeted the all-rounder of the Indian team fiercely and scored 69 runs in his four overs. Shardul got only one wicket.

Shardul has equaled Ramesh Rahul in terms of bowling the worst in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. After Ramesh, Shardul has now become the most expensive bowler of the tournament. He gave runs at an economy of 17.25. Not only Shardul but the Kerala batsmen thrashed every Mumbai bowler and, batting first, scored 234 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.

Rahane could not win
While chasing the huge target of 235 runs given by Kerala, Mumbai team could score only 191 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, the maximum score of 68 runs came from the bat of Ajinkya Rahane. During his innings, Rahane faced only 35 balls and hit 5 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes. Whereas captain Shreyas Iyer scored 32 runs on 18 balls. Prithvi Shaw could not take advantage of the good start and returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs in 13 balls. Kerala won this match by 43 runs. For Kerala, Salman Nizar played a brilliant inning of 99 runs in 49 balls while Rohan scored 87 runs.