5 Players who started their career as batsman but became bowlers
These players were brilliant with the bat in the early part of their respective careers.
Shardul Thakur
Shardul Thakur has been in and around the Indian team for a few years now. In fact, he’s played a handful of games as well and has done consistently well for India ‘A’ too. Over the last few years, he’s done well in the IPL and in domestic cricket as well.
He made his international debut in Sri Lanka in 2017. There was a lot of controversy around his jersey number as he donned the legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s No. 10. Hence, he had to immediately change it. Thakur made his T20I and Test debut in 2018. However, his Test debut lasted just 10 balls as suffered a groin injury. Since then, he’s been doing well in domestic cricket.
However, it is a very little-known fact that Thakur wanted to be a batsman. In fact, he started his career as a batsman itself. In school cricket, the Mumbai-born has also hit six sixes in an over. However, as he grew, he slowly turned into a proper bowler.
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