Shardul Thakur shuns injury concerns

Kolkata Knight Riders' all-rounder Shardul Thakur has shunned any rumours about his injury ahead of the World Test Championship Final, set to be played right after the Indian Premier League. Concerns about Shardul Thakur' injuries came from the all-rounder not bowling a lot in the KKR set-up.

Kolkata Knight Riders' all-rounder Shardul Thakur has shunned any rumours about his injury ahead of the World Test Championship Final, set to be played right after the Indian Premier League. Concerns about Shardul Thakur' injuries came from the all-rounder not bowling a lot in the KKR set-up.

Speaking about his reduced bowling workload, Shardul said that KKR was a team full of all-rounders, and hence he was only called up when it was absolutely necessary.

“We have a side full of all-rounders with (Andre) Russell, Sunil (Nairne)... We have got maximum of eight bowling options that also includes Nitish (Rana) who also bowls an over or two nowadays,” Thakur told news agency PTI.

“It also depends on the situation of the game, if the captain feels the need to bowl me or not bowl me completely depends on him. As far as teams’ strategy decision-making is concerned, I would not pay attention to it a lot,” Shardul Thakur spoke about KKR's strategy.