
Staff India and Mumbai Indians (MI) stalwart Rohit Sharma had a enjoyable change with Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) proprietor Sanjiv Goenka about all-rounder Shardul Thakur after the IPL 2025 match on Friday, April 4. The Rishabh Pant-led LSG facet registered a 12-run victory within the contest on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Rohit Sharma sat out because of a minor knee damage he picked up throughout a nets session on the eve of the sport.
Shardul Thakur gave begin for the LSG within the second innings by dismissing harmful MI opener Ryan Rickelton (15) within the powerplay. He then got here again and bowled magnificently within the nineteenth over, conceding solely seven runs to place his facet within the driver’s seat. It allowed his teammate Avesh Khan to have 22 runs to defend within the last over, which he did efficiently to assist the Tremendous Giants notch up a win.
The Lucknow franchise posted a video on their official X deal with to provide a glimpse of Rohit Sharma’s enjoyable banter about Shardul Thakur with Sanjiv Goenka. Rohit stated to Goenka:
“Sir, why fear when you will have Lord?”
You possibly can watch the second within the video under:
“There’s all the time stress if you’re bowling the penultimate or the final over” – Shardul Thakur after LSG’s win vs MI in IPL 2025 match
Talking to the broadcasters after the conclusion of the match, Shardul Thakur opened up concerning the stress whereas bowling the loss of life overs and expressed satisfaction with doing the job for his facet. The bowling all-rounder stated:
“There’s all the time stress if you’re bowling the penultimate or the final over in IPL. Avesh bowled that sensible over. Finish of the day that is what we’re paid for, we’re requested to do the job as professionals. Very glad to be on the profitable facet and execute accurately for the workforce. It was a tough floor, typically you felt these slower ones would work however we noticed boundaries being hit off them too.”
Thakur continued:
“Ultimately within the loss of life overs it got here right down to who’d bowl the higher yorkers. We see what’s occurred within the first half, however the pitch modifications over the course of the sport within the IPL and will get higher within the night time time. We have to have a variety of issues in our kitty to be versatile there. I really feel with purple soil the bounce is even, can belief the bounce. You want extra abilities as a batter on black soil when there is not any dew.”
Shardul Thakur will return to the sphere on Tuesday (April 8) when LSG will go up towards Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) of their subsequent match of IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.