The World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and Australia will be played from June 7 at The Oval in England. Fans are eagerly awaiting what promises to be a great battle between two bigwigs. India will return to the hallowed ground with memories of the last match they played there. It was the same match in 2021 where Shardul Thakur, who has proved himself as a fast bowling all-rounder, scored more runs than Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara with his bat against England.
Shardul Thakur hits fifty
At the Oval, Team India captained by Virat Kohli badly whitewashed England on their home turf. India batted first in this Test which lasted from September 2-6.
India were reeling at 127 for seven. In came Shardul Thakur, batting at number 8, and scored 57 runs in 36 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes to his name. This helped India to a score of 191 in the first innings. Compared to this, Kohli scored 50, KL Rahul managed KL Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara could score only four runs.
In response to India's 191 runs, England's was reduced to 290 runs in the first innings. Shardul also took one wicket with the ball, having scored 57 runs.
In the second innings, Rohit Sharma scored 127 runs in 256 balls with 14 fours and a six to his name while Kohli scored hit 44 and Pujara hit 61 runs. And Shardul Thakur once again proved useful for India with a strong innings of 60 runs in 72 balls with 7 fours and a six.
This took Team India to 466 runs in the second innings while they bundled out England for 210 runs. This helped Team India register a huge victory of 157 runs. In this match, Shardul scored a total of 117 runs for India and took three wickets. In comparison, Kohli scored 94 runs across both innings while Pujara scored only 65 runs.
This is the reason that this Test match is remembered for Shardul's batting and Rohit's century. After 50 years, India registered their first Test win at the Oval ground.
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