India vs England: Here's why term 'Lord Shardul Thakur' is trending on Twitter

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New Delhi, March 23: India pacer Shardul Thakur once again brought his team back in the game with his wicket-taking deliveries in the second spell of the opening one-day international against England on Tuesday (March 23).

After going for runs in the first spell, the Mumbai cricketer came back strongly in his second spell and gave three massive setbacks to England's batting order in the big run chase.

Chasing a target of 318, England were off to a blistering start as Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow started the run chase for their team with a sensational century stand for the first wicket. The duo shared the opening partnership of 135 off just 89 deliveries before Roy was dismissed by debutant Prasidh Krishna for 46.

Later Thakur removed dangerous Bairstow for 94 and pulled things back for their team for at one stage it seemed as if the tourists would overhaul the target under 40 overs.

While Krishna gave the hosts the first couple of wickets, Shardul once again proved why he's a dangerous bowler of the second spell when he picked up three quick wickets and put the English side under pressure.

It was the third instance in a row when Thakur picked up two wickets in an over and brought his team back in the game. The right-arm pacer picked up a couple of wickets in the fourth and fifth T20I against England - which was held in Ahmedabad.

In the first ODI, Thakur picked up the wickets of England captain Eoin Morgan and his deputy Jos Buttler in the same over and pushed the tourists on the backfoot. Morgan was dismissed for 22 when the English skipper was caught behind the stumps by KL Rahul, on the first delivery of his over, while Buttler was trapped in front by the speedster on the fourth delivery.

Impressed with Shardul's sensational spell, fans and experts hailed him as 'Lord Shardul Thakur' - who was the leading wicket-taker during the T20I series between India and England.

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