Shardul Thakur has blasted former cricketers for criticising gamers on commentary.© BCCI
Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) all-rounder Shardul Thakur has blasted former cricketers for criticising gamers on commentary, following his facet’s win over Gujarat Titans (GT) in IPL 2025. Thakur did not mince his phrases whereas suggesting that the commentators ought to take a look at their very own stats earlier than passing remarks on others. Talking in a pre-match press convention, he insisted that criticising bowlers is simple, however the commentators should perceive that scores of 200 plus have change into frequent in at this time’s cricket.
“I’ve all the time believed that, as a bowling unit, we have bowled nicely all through the season. Numerous occasions in commentary, there’s criticism – they attempt to be laborious on the bowlers. However it’s a must to perceive that cricket is transferring in a sure course the place 200+ scores have gotten extra frequent. And such as you mentioned, criticism will all the time be there – particularly from commentators. It is easy to sit down in a studio and touch upon somebody’s bowling, however they do not see the true image on the market on the bottom. I am positive they need to take a look at their very own stats earlier than criticising anybody,” Shardul mentioned.
Shardul, who’s the second highest wicket-taker in IPL 2025 with 11 scalps, additionally lauded the general effort from the LSG bowlers thus far this season.
“Credit score to us that we have defended scores on two events once we batted first. We put up rating, the pitch turned higher for batting, and even with drastic modifications, we managed to defend – one recreation by 10 runs, one by 4 runs in Kolkata. So it was about holding our nerve until the tip and believing in ourselves that we might win the sport, offered we acquired an essential wicket or bowled a key over,” he added.
Thakur (2/34) and Ravi Bishnoi (2/36) had been the highest bowlers for LSG throughout their win over GT.
LSG sit third within the factors desk with 4 wins and two losses, giving them eight factors. GT has the identical win-loss file and sits at quantity two.
(With ANI Inputs)
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