Shardul Thakur made ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka on Thursday. (Source: AP)
Shardul Thakur made his ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka on Thursday and the right-hander did begin his career in a decent manner after returning with figures of 1/26 in 7 overs. Though, he had a good start on the field, Thakur faced some heat on social media because of his jersey number.
Shardul had a jersey number 10 which was also donned by Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar during his playing days. On of the users even went to write that it was only Sachin who was worth wearing this number and no one else. He wrote, “Hey @BCCI , WTH? How can you assign #10 Jersey to @imShard ? There is only one guy worth it & he is retired now. Hope you rectify this asap.”
Hey @BCCI , WTH? How can you assign #10 Jersey to @imShard ? There is only one guy worth it & he is retired now. Hope you rectify this asap.
— Abhishek Jawalkar (@dawningknight) 1 September 2017
Brother @imShard I know you would have received plenty of messages, this is one among them. Kindly request you to give up JerseyNo.10 🙏
— Hariharan Durairaj (@hari_durairaj) 1 September 2017
@bcci Jersey No. 10 was Pride & Property of @sachin_rt and retired with him. Now no one can ever have this Jersey @imShard
— Anshul Gupta (@anshul_gupta17) 1 September 2017
Hey @imShard, please don’t wear #JersyNo10 next time. Leave it for #Sachin10Forever #RetireJerseyNo10 @BCCI r u listening?? #RetireJersey10
— Mukesh Srivastwa (@marvelousmukesh) 1 September 2017
@imShard plz change ur jersy number,bcoz its belong to @sachin_rt and its retire from world cricket,Hope @BCCI will understand.
— Pappu Pandey™ (@tweethearts09) 31 August 2017
@BCCI you are shattering the dreams of many Indians by giving away No 10.@imShard
Please retire the jersey no 10#RetireJerseyno10— Phanindra Reddy (@phanindrareddi) 31 August 2017
Virat Kohli-led side has been in sublime form on this tour as they clinched a clean sweep win in three-Test series while have now taken an unassailable 4-0 lead in five-math series.
Earlier, India compiled a total of 375/5 in 50 overs after skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sarma struck individual hundreds. Kohli scored career’s 29th ODI ton on Thursday. India later bundled out Sri Lanka for 207 to win the match by 168 runs after the home side failed to chase a mammoth target of 376 runs in Colombo.
