Oval Test: These guys are teasing me along with his title – Shardul Thakur elated after breaking Ian Botham’s document

India all-rounder Shardul Thakur stated he was delighted to interrupt Ian Botham’s document for the quickest Test fifty in England, revealing a dressing room banter after his heroics with the bat on Day 1 of the Oval Test towards England.

Shardul Thakur has been nicknamed ‘Beefy’ by his teammates and head coach within the Indian dressing room and the highly-rated cricketer went on a counter-attacking spree to hit a fifty in simply 31 balls, overtaking Beefy Botham on the listing of batsmen with the quickest fifties in England in Tests.England vs India, 4th Test Day 1: Report | HighlightsIndia have been reeling at 127 for 7 regardless of a Virat Kohli fifty on Day 1 of the 4th Test and it appeared like England would wrap up the innings quickly however Shardul counter-attacked, hitting 7 boundaries and three sixes for a 36-ball 57. Shardul batted with a variety of conviction and took the England pacers to the cleaners throwing them off the rhythm.Shardul’s 63-run stand with tail-ender Umesh Yadav for the eighth wicket made certain India posted a good first innings whole after their massive weapons, together with Rohit Sharma, KL Rahull, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, failed to hassle the scorers a lot.”I was not aware of it (breaking Ian Botham’s record). But it’s always good to score important runs for the team. Yes, these guys are teasing me with his name. But I think it’s good to be compared with the greats of the game,” Shardul instructed the host broadcasters after India fought again on Day 1.No one proper strategy to rating runs: ShardulShardul stated he determined to take the assault to England bowlers after Rishabh Pant fell for 9. The Mumbai all-rounder stated there isn’t any proper means of getting runs and he was within the temper to go massive on Thursday.”When Rishabh got out, it was important for me to play such an innings. There are two ways, either you can be patient and bank on the partner to score runs or go and hit it. But at the end of the day, you have to score the runs. I think there is no right way of scoring runs. Runs are runs. Today was a day where I could connect properly. So I kept going for the runs,” he added.India fought again sturdy with the large wicket of Joe Root for 21 in the direction of the top of the day’s play. Umesh Yadav received one to nip again and hit the bails because the in-form England captain returned after one other brisk begin. Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah had rattled England with the brand new ball, choosing up the openers in the identical over.It’s even-stevens after Day 1: SharulHowever, Shardul got here up with a guarded opinion, saying the match is within the steadiness and nonetheless quite a bit is there to be performed within the upcoming days of the 4th Test.”Definitely, at one stage, we felt 150 or 170 as wickets kept falling at regular intervals. But 190 is a score, in the first innings, is going to count. Runs in the first innings are important and I think we have a chance,” he stated.”I think this pitch is good for both batsmen and bowlers. If you keep pitching in the right areas, something is there in the pitch. But at the same time, the margin of error is less as the batsman can score runs.”[23:22, 02/09/2021] Rajrishi IT: Yes[23:28, 02/09/2021] Akshay Ramesh: