IND vs AFG: Shardul Thakur's stylish catch on Hardik's ball, video set on fire!

 

IND vs AFG, World Cup  2023:  India's second ODI World Cup match is against Afghanistan. Team India would like to maintain its winning streak by winning this match and will try to improve its position in the points table. On the other hand, at this time Afghanistan will try to reverse the situation. Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first. During the match, birthday boy Hardik Pandya bowled brilliantly and gave the gift of a wicket to Team India on his birthday. Shardul Thakur took an amazing catch on his bowling, his catch is currently the topic of discussion on social media.

How did Shardul Thakur take the catch?

Afghanistan got its second blow at 63 runs. On the fourth ball of the 13th over, Hardik Pandya got Rahmanullah Gurbaz caught by Shardul Thakur. Shardul showed skill and took a brilliant catch at the boundary. Due to losing his balance after taking the catch, Shardul threw the ball in the air and the ball went beyond the boundary. Then came back and took that catch. Gurbaz played an innings of 21 runs in 28 balls. Today is Hardik Pandya's birthday, so he has gifted this wicket to the Indian team.

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Afghanistan suffered two consecutive setbacks. 63 Two wickets fell. Rahmanullah took an excellent catch of Gurbaz and then Shardul Thakur got Rahmat Shah out LBW on his own ball. Rahmat played an innings of 16 runs in 22 balls. Currently captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Umarzai are at the crease. After 14 overs, Afghanistan's score is 66 runs for three wickets.

Shardul's return

Spinners usually get a lot of help in the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, but in the match between South Africa and Sri Lanka, the batsmen made big scores. The batsmen are liking the new pitch here. In such a situation, Team India has excluded one spinner and included an additional fast bowler. Captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid have included Shardul Thakur in the playing-11 in place of Ravichandran Ashwin.