Indian pacer Shardul Thakur, who was unsold in the mega auctions for the IPL 2025, is firing with the ball as a replacement-joinee for the Lucknow Super Giants in the early IPL 2025. His bowling played a huge role for LSG, restricting the dangerous batting line-up of SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) to 190/9 (20 overs) in the seventh match of the IPL 2025. 

Shardul Thakur is currently in dream form with the ball and bat. While LSG faced Delhi Capitals in their IPL 2025 opener, Thakur provided a good start for the LSG with two wickets in the first over while DC were chasing a 200+ target. Thakur delivered two overs in that game, and LSG suffered a shocking one-wicket defeat in that match. 

Shardul Thakur took the wickets of Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan on back-to-back deliveries

In the seventh match of the IPL 2025, Shardul Thakur provided a strong start for LSG as the first batting team, the hosts SRH, lost two wickets in the powerplay. After conceding six runs in the first over of the innings, Thakur started his second over with back-to-back wickets in two successive deliveries. He dismissed Abhishek Sharma (6) and last match centurion Ishan Kishan (0) and delivered a good hat-trick ball. 

Thakur's next two overs in the SRH innings were the 17th and 19th overs, where the right-arm pacer took the wickets of Abhinav Manohar (2) and Mohammed Shami (1). Thakur completed with the bowling figures of 4-0-34-4. 

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Check the key stats of Shardul Thakur in the 7th match of the IPL 2025

• Thakur completed his 100 IPL wickets in 97 matches. He recorded the 16th fastest 100 IPL wickets. 
• Thakur recorded his second IPL four-fer. 
• Thakur ended with the bowling figures of 4-0-34-4 were his best IPL bowling figures. His previous best was 4-0-36-4 for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings in 2022. 
• Thakur recorded the fifth-best bowling figures by an LSG bowler.