After Thakur’s heroics, four-star Mulani spins Mumbai to record 48th Ranji Trophy final
Thakur was named the Player of the Match for his hundred and four wickets in the semifinal.
Thakur was named the Player of the Match for his hundred and four wickets in the semifinal.
The Men-in-Blue have made a single change in their Playing XI and have included the third spinner in Axar Patel in place of seamer Shardul Thakur.
The squad for the final displayed a few changes from the team that faced Australia in the four-match series.
The national selectors have picked seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami as a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah, who had to pull out of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia starting on Sunday. India will open their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 23. Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been named as backups and will travel to Australia shortly, the release added.
Mitchell Marsh's 63 and Thakur's brilliant 4/36, which included the wicket of Jitesh Sharma, who threatened to take the match away from the Capitals in the final overs, helped the side seal an important win over PBKS to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The heroes of the last two matches- Mohammed Shami and Thakur have now finally revealed what exactly they were thinking as they prepared to bow the last overs.
After winning their second super-over match in three days against New Zealand, Virat Kohli led India have now taken a 4-0 lead in the 5 matches T20I series.
Pant, who has been backed by the Indian team management as their first-choice wicketkeeper, has played 15 ODIs but has only managed 346 runs.
In response to India's total, Sri Lanka managed to score just 123 runs. In course to this series-clinching win, Virat and speedster Jasprit Bumrah broke records.
Thakur, who also returned figures of 2 for 19, became the Man of the Match on Friday.
