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IPL 2022 Standings

pos POs
teams teams
mp mp
W-L-D w-l-d
N/R N/R
Nrr Nrr
pts pts
1
Gujarat Titans GT
14
10-4-0
0
+0.316
20
2
Rajasthan Royals RR
14
9-5-0
0
+0.298
18
3
Lucknow Super Giants LSG
14
9-5-0
0
+0.251
18
4
Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB
14
8-6-0
0
-0.253
16
5
Delhi Capitals DC
14
7-7-0
0
+0.204
14
6
Punjab Kings PBKS
14
7-7-0
0
+0.126
14
7
Kolkata Knight Riders KKR
14
6-8-0
0
+0.146
12
8
Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH
14
6-8-0
0
-0.379
12
9
Chennai Super Kings CSK
14
4-10-0
0
-0.203
8
10
Mumbai Indians MI
14
4-10-0
0
-0.506
8
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IPL 2022 Top Batsmen

#1
Shreyas Iyer
matches 14
runs 401
Strike Rate 134.56
#2
Nitish Rana
runs 361
#3
Andre Russell
runs 335

IPL 2022 Top Bowlers

#1
Andre Russell
matches 14
wickets 17
econ 9.86
#2
Umesh Yadav
wickets 16
#3
Tim Southee
wickets 14
Shardul Thakur S.Thakur
Bowler
Matches
75
Runs
173
Wickets
82
Role
Bowler
IPL Debut
2015
Batting Style
Right Handed
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium fast
Born
October 16, 1991
Nationality
India

Shardul Thakur may be a cricketing star now but he epitomizes the quintessential Mumbai trait of having to traverse long distances to realize one’s dreams (something he is fond of even now). Born in Palgarh, his journey from childhood to becoming a menacing pacer for Mumbai and India is the stuff of dreams and that of unending effort and persistence.

However, it was not a fairytale start for him as he managed just 4 wickets in his debut season in the Ranji Trophy. He redeemed himself in the 2013/14 season, picking up 27 wickets in 6 games and came of age in the third season since his debut, snaring 48 wickets and was the joint-highest wicket-taker for the 2014/15 season.

Despite these, he had to wait for a bigger golden moment to make it to the Indian team and it came in the final of the 2015-16 season. Playing against Saurashtra, he picked up 8 wickets in the game and led Mumbai to their 41st Ranji Trophy win. This set in motion his maiden selection to the Indian team, when he was drafted into the side for the Caribbean tour in 2016. However, he did not get to feature in any game.

Shardul is a hit-the-deck bowler who can generate vicious seam movement and has perfected the outswinger over time, making himself a dangerous proposition against any batting side. In the year 2018, Thakur played his maiden Test match although it lasted for just 10 deliveries as he, unfortunately, got injured. The pacer though didn't give up and was once again part of the Indian Test team during their 2020-21 tour of Australia. His maiden fifty in Brisbane was one of the high points of the series that India eventually pocketed.

In the Indian T20 League, Shardul was initially with Punjab and Pune, but his more fruitful stay came with Chennai where he had a successful stint that lasted four years. In the 2022 mega auction, Thakur was bagged by Delhi for INR 10.75 crores. Besides his primacy in bowling, Shardul is a handy lower-order batsman with an ability to use the long handle, something which he has done for the Men in Blue on a few occasions.

IPL Statistics
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Batting & Fielding
Mat
No
Runs
Hs
Ave
s/r
100s
50s
4s
6s
ct
st
Career
75
24
173
29*
10.81
129.10
0
0
12
8
24
0
2022
14
10
120
29* v KKR
15.00
137.93
0
0
7
7
7
0
2021
16
4
5
3* v KKR
2.50
100.00
0
0
0
0
2
0
2020
9
2
12
11 v MI
12.00
57.14
0
0
0
0
2
0
2019
10
3
14
12* v MI
7.00
200.00
0
0
1
1
5
0
2018
13
1
15
15* v SRH
-
300.00
0
0
3
0
4
0
2017
12
3
0
0 v GL
0.00
0.00
0
0
0
0
4
0
2015
1
1
7
7* v DC
-
116.66
0
0
1
0
-
-
Batting & Fielding
2022
Mat
14
No
10
Runs
120
Hs
29* v KKR
Ave
15.00
S/r
137.93
100s
0
50s
0
4s
7
6s
7
ct
7
st
0
Bowling
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wickets
AVe
BBI
Econ
s/r
3w
5w
Career
74
1550
2340
82
28.53
4/36 v PBKS
9.05
18.90
7
0
2022
14
290
473
15
31.53
4/36 v PBKS
9.78
19.33
2
0
2021
16
359
527
21
25.09
3/28 v PBKS
8.80
17.09
2
0
2020
9
194
275
10
27.50
2/28 v KKR
8.50
19.40
0
0
2019
9
180
281
8
35.12
2/18 v KKR
9.36
22.50
0
0
2018
13
280
431
16
26.93
2/18 v RR
9.23
17.50
0
0
2017
12
229
315
11
28.63
3/19 v PBKS
8.25
20.81
3
0
2015
1
18
38
1
38.00
1/38 v DC
12.66
18.00
0
0
Bowling
2022
Mat
14
Balls
290
Runs
473
Wickets
15
Ave
31.53
BBI
4/36 v PBKS
Econ
9.78
S/r
19.33
3w
2
5w
0
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