Shardul Thakur

Mumbai Indians · right arm fast medium · right-hand bat · Bowler

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7
Matches
12
Wickets
12.27
Economy
11.0
Bowl SR

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)sub-floor
SR · 0 balls · 0 R
0 runs0 4s0 6s
Middle (7–15)sub-floor
84.6
SR · 13 balls · 11 R
11 runs1 4s0 6s
Death (16–20)sub-floor
76.5
SR · 17 balls · 13 R
13 runs1 4s0 6s
Powerplay (1–6) · Bowling
14.5
Economy · 24 balls · 2 wkts
58 runs2 wkts3 dots
Middle (7–15) · Bowling
10.33
Economy · 72 balls · 6 wkts
124 runs6 wkts15 dots
Death (16–20) · Bowling
11
Economy · 36 balls · 4 wkts
66 runs4 wkts6 dots

Shardul Thakur's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: PBKS — 5 wickets in 2 matches (econ 11.57).

Aggregated across 2 captured IPL 2026 fixtures against PBKS.

MetricIPL 2026 best opponent (bowling)
Value5 wickets vs PBKS
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

6 claims
Death-overs economy, IPL 2026
Bowling economy in IPL 2026
12.3n=132 balls bowled · IPL 2026
Powerplay bowling economy in IPL 2026
14.5n=24 PP balls bowled · IPL 2026
Death-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
11.0n=36 death-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026
Middle-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
10.3n=72 middle-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

4 claims
Mumbai Indians appearance rank, IPL 2026
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
80.0n=30 balls faced · IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
24n=3 innings · IPL 2026
Wickets in IPL 2026
12n=132 balls bowled · IPL 2026

P2Moments

2 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
IPL 2026 best bowling in an innings
4/39n=1 innings (4 overs bowled) · IPL 2026 to date

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 2026
IPL career434334912.5133.20168

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL 2026771220.711.274/370
IPL career10910911929.39.510
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:38:51 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-07-30 07:38:51 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Shardul Thakur took 107 wickets in 102 pre-2026 IPL matches (2015–2025), economy 9.4.

Batting by season

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2015PBKS17710
2017Rising Pune Supergiant300000
2018CSK1151530
2019CSK21412711
2020/21CSK212111200
2021CSK4532.500
2022DC1012029137.91577
2023KKR911368161.414.13134
2024CSK321172121
2025LSG5186630
CareerCSK, DC, KKR, LSG, PBKS, Rising Pune Supergiant4032568140.111.613013

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
20151112.673818
201712118.2528.6420.8
201813169.2426.9417.5
2019989.3735.1322.5
2020/219108.5127.519.4
202116218.8125.117.1
202214159.7931.5319.3
20239710.4831.4318
2024959.7661.838
2025101311.0328.8515.7
Career1021079.430.3219.3
Window: IPL 20152025 (pre-2026), 40 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show .
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 3 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-24MI vs RR10*1190.910Not outL
2026-04-23MI vs CSK61250.000caughtL
2026-04-07RR vs MI87114.310caughtL

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs RR · Wankhede Stadium10*1190.92026-05-24
vs RR · Barsapara Cricket Stadium87114.32026-04-07
vs CSK · Wankhede Stadium61250.02026-04-23

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#8 lower middle2141973.77.00
#9 tail1101190.9

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3
2
100%
Caught

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
RR21818100.018.02010*
CSK161250.06.0006

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
Wankhede Stadium2162369.616.01010*
Barsapara Cricket Stadium187114.38.0108

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As bowler

vs batterBallsRunsSR concededDotsWkts
Prabhsimran Singh1534226.710
Shreyas Iyer1025250.010
Angkrish Raghuvanshi815187.520
Virat Kohli711157.120
Ajinkya Rahane610166.710
Sameer Rizvi616266.710

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
89.5
SR of 89.5 vs pace bowling — 19 balls faced · sub-floor
19 balls·0 6s
vs Spin
50.0
SR of 50.0 vs spin bowling — 6 balls faced · sub-floor
6 balls·0 6s

Full breakdown at /players/shardul-thakur/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Shardul

IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Mumbai Indians
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Harshal Patel · 11 ballsRahul Chahar · 10 ballsNoor Ahmad · 10 ballsDasun Shanaka · 10 ballsJasprit Bumrah · 9 ballsSandeep Sharma · 8 ballsMohammed Siraj · 8 ballsNandre Burger · 8 balls
Venues played at
Wankhede Stadium · 2 matchesBarsapara Cricket Stadium · 1 match

From the CricketStudio knowledge graph.

Frequently asked

Shardul Thakur is an Indian cricketer playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026 as a bowler (right arm fast medium), right-handed batter born in Palghar.
Shardul Thakur plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026.
Shardul Thakur appeared in 13 IPL 2026 matches (13-fixture sample) for Mumbai Indians, most recently on 2026-05-24.
Shardul Thakur's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: PBKS — 5 wickets in 2 matches (econ 11.57).
Shardul Thakur bowls right arm fast medium.
Shardul Thakur's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: PBKS — 5 wickets in 2 matches (econ 11.57).
Shardul Thakur concedes 11.00 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (36-ball sample, #41 of 66 qualifying bowlers).
Shardul Thakur won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs KKR on 2026-03-29.
Shardul Thakur ranks #3 of 24 CricketStudio-tracked Mumbai Indians squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (13 matches).
Shardul Thakur is Indian, born in Palghar.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Shardul Thakur are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/shardul-thakur — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Shardul Thakur was born on 16 October 1991.
Shardul Thakur bats right-handed.
Shardul Thakur powerplay economy 14.5 in IPL 2026 (24 balls, 2 wickets).
Yes — Shardul Thakur was deployed as an impact substitute 1 time in IPL 2026, contributing 6 runs at SR 50. Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation.

Identity & cross-references