#2 Shardul Thakur
Another bowler who could be the possible replacement for Bumrah is Mumbai pacer, Shardul Thakur. After his stellar performance in the Ranji Trophy 2014-15, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2015. However, he has played an only game against Delhi Daredevils.
The IPL 10 saw aggressive bowling by Shardul Thakur who picked up a total of 11 wickets in 12 games that he played. His memorable performance was when he picked up 3 wickets at his home ground in the Qualifier 1 of IPL 2017.
After a great season in IPl 2017, he earned a maiden national call-up and made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in August 2017. Thakur, who was a part of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2018, has picked up 16 wickets in 13 games and helped his team to lift the trophy.
He is now a part of India A that is currently touring England. Shardul Thakur learned to bowl slow deliveries, knuckle-balls and could be the good death over bowler along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the England tour.
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