Shardul Thakur

2015

IPL Debut

All- Rounder

Specialization

32

Age

86

Matches

IPL Squads / Chennai Super Kings / Shardul Thakur

Career Overview/ Highlight : Shardul Thakur IPL 2015 to 2024

Punjab Kings picked up Shardul Thakur in the IPL 2014 auction. But such was his fate that he would get just one game in two seasons. Despite having an excellent Ranji Trophy season, Thakur was ignored, and he vented his ire on Twitter, mocking the management.

He was released and didn’t play a match in the 2016 season. He finally got a fresh lease of life in 2017 when Rising Pune Supergiants, who came in as a replacement for Chennai Super Kings, gave him a chance. He took 11 wickets, and MS Dhoni, the skipper, was impressed and brought him to Chennai the next year as the franchise returned after serving a two-year ban. CSK paid him ₹2.6 crore, and the Mumbaikar returned the favor by picking up 18 wickets.

In the 2019 season, his performance dropped, as he picked up only eight wickets. Nevertheless, the franchise continued to show faith, and he finally delivered in 2021, accounting for 21 wickets, helping the team win the IPL trophy.

He played a crucial role in the final, registering figures of 3/38. He broke the stand between Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer; the duo had threatened to take the game away from CSK.

Ahead of the 2022 mega auction, he was released by CSK and bought by Delhi Capitals for ₹10.75 crore. In 2023, he played for KKR. But he took only seven wickets in 11 outings, after which he was released. In 2024, he is back at CSK for ₹4 crore.

Shardul Thakur IPL 2015 to 2024: Batting Stats

Year	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Auction Price
2023	11	10	2	113	68	14.13	161.43	0	1	13	4	10.75 cr
2022	14	10	2	120	29*	15.00	137.93	0	0	7	7	10.75 cr
2021	16	4	2	5	3*	2.50	100.00	0	0	1	0	2.6 cr
2020	9	2	1	12	11	12.00	57.14	0	0	1	0	2.6 cr
2019	10	3	1	14	12*	7.00	200.00	0	0	0	1	2.6 cr
2018	13	1	1	15	15*	0.00	300.00	0	0	3	0	2.6 cr
2017	12	3	0	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	20 lakhs
2015	1	1	1	7	7*	0.00	116.66	0	0	1	0	20 lakhs

Shardul Thakur IPL 2015 to 2024: Bowling Stats

Year	Mat	Inn	Ov	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Eco	Best	4w	5w
2023	11	9	21	220	7	31.43	10.48	2/23	0	0
2022	14	14	48.2	473	15	31.53	9.79	4/36	1	0
2021	16	16	59.5	527	21	25.09	8.80	3/28	0	0
2020	9	9	32.2	275	10	27.50	8.50	2/28	0	0
2019	10	9	30	281	8	35.12	9.36	2/18	0	0
2018	13	13	46.4	431	16	26.93	9.23	2/18	0	0
2017	12	12	38.1	315	11	28.63	8.25	3/19	0	0
2016	1	1	3	38	1	38.00	12.66	1/38	0	0

Abbreviations & Acronyms Mat -> Matches, Inn -> Innings, Runs -> Total Runs, HS -> Highest Score, SR -> Batting Strike Rate, Price -> Value of the Player,CT -> Catch out, ST -> Stump out

Achievements & Records

Joint-third highest wicket-taker in IPL 2021 – 21 wickets
CSK’s highest wicket-taker in IPL 2018 – 16 wickets
Fifth fastest fifty by a KKR player in IPL – 20 balls vs RCB in IPL 2023

Interesting Shardul Thakur Facts

Shardul Thakur’s best IPL bowling figures of 4/36 came against Punjab Kings, the franchise with whom he played his first IPL match.
Between the 2017-2021 seasons, Shardul Thakur played in four IPL finals, winning two of them.