IPL: Why Shardul Thakur came out to bat even after MI used Danish as impact sub – explained. cricket news
Shardul Thakur came to bat for Mumbai Indians Versus your team during the match Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL 2026 match on Thursday.Interestingly, Shardul Thakur was not a part of Mumbai’s starting eleven and was not an impact player either. Mumbai had already used opener Danish Malewar as their impact player in place of Allah Ghazanfar.Shardul Thakur came to bat after Noor Ahmed was out in the thirteenth over of the second innings. hardik pandya And Sherfane Rutherford on consecutive balls.
Why did Shardul come to bat?Shardul Thakur came to bat as a concussion replacement for Mitchell Santner, who was injured while trying to take a catch in the first innings.Santner took one wicket and conceded 44 runs in his four overs before being injured.Till the time of writing the news, Mumbai Indians’ score was 95 runs for 7 wickets.Earlier in the match, Sanju Samson scored his fifth IPL century. He reached this milestone by hitting a four on Krish Bhagat on the last ball of the innings. It was his second century of the season, second for Chennai Super Kings and fifth overall in the IPL.Samson remained unbeaten on 101 off 54 balls and helped Chennai Super Kings reach 207 for 6. He stayed till the end while wickets kept falling at the other end.He hit 10 fours and six sixes in his innings.For Mumbai Indians, AM Ghazanfar and Ashwini Kumar took two wickets each, while Jasprit Bumrah took 1 for 31.
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