“I will teach Shardul Thakur a lesson”- Ajinkya Rahane recalls Rohit Sharma’ s words during historic Gabba Test


“I will teach Shardul Thakur a lesson”- Ajinkya Rahane recalls Rohit Sharma’ s words during historic Gabba Test

Shardul Thakur’s batting sometimes frustrate the onlookers, even India Test captain Rohit Sharma got angry at him. He is one of the important assets India have right now, not just with the ball but have bailed India out of trouble with his batting.

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He had smashed a fifty against the Australians at the Gabba Test, and his partership with Washington Sundar gave India a great relief. Even against England, Shardul’s twin fifties played a huge role in India’s win. But he sometimes frustrates the onlookers with his batting.

One such incident happened at the Gabba Test that made Rohit Sharma fuming, as recalled by Ajinkya Rahane. This happened at the second innings of the Gabba Test when India were chasing 328. India had already lost Mayank Agarwal and Washington Sundar in quick succession. Rishabh Pant was a sset batsman at the crease when Shardul Thakur joined him. He needed to play responsibly at that time to chase the target but instead, he played a rash shot and got dismissed for two.

“Shardul Thakur was walking in when Washington got out. Rohit told him ‘This is your opportunity of becoming a hero’. And he just nodded and left,” Rahane said on the documentary ‘Bandon Mein Tha Dum’ streaming on VOOT.

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Shardul wanted to finish the match like Dhoni, says R Ashwin

Shardul Thakur
Gabba Test

R Ashwin said, “As he was about to go, Rohit said, “Shardul, finish it”. This is exactly what he said, I totally understand Shardul. He would have imagined… ‘like how Ravi bhai said, Dhoni hits a six and wins the World Cup’. So inside Shardul’s head, he has already figured out the moment, the commentary, the book the movie, everything. So Shardul’s gone for it, it’s gone to short square leg and got out. And everybody inside is like “What are you doing?”

Rahane then added: “Rohit was sitting next to me. He said, ‘let the match get over, let us win, I will teach him a lesson’. I said ‘forget it, we’ll see once the match is over’.”

Shardul’s wicket did no harm to the team and India went on to win the historic Gabba Test. Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 89 helped the team reach the score. The special thing about this Test was that India finally handed the Australians defeat at the venue in 32 years and won the match 2-1.

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