'Lord is just a meme that started on social media' - Shardul Thakur on his legendary nickname

Shardul Thakur starred with the bat for India in the first innings of the fourth Test match against England. He played a belligerent knock of 57 off just 36 balls owing to which the Indian team could reach a total of 191. The Indian batting line-up collapsed and if it was not for Thakur’s quickfire knock, the team would have been wrapped up even more cheaply.

Shardul Thakur’s performance fetched him praises from all over the cricketing fraternity. Thakur also owned the record of hitting the fastest Test fifty by any batsman on English soil. Thakur, who has been given the nickname ‘Lord’ by the cricket onlookers, opened up on his legendary nickname. In a video posted by the BCCI, Thakur asserted that he is happy with all the love he is receiving from everyone.

Shardul Thakur is overwhelmed with the love he is been receiving   

The BCCI took it to their official Twitter account to post the video of Thakur. They captioned the tweet as “@imShard is happy with the love he’s getting from his teammates & not to forget some legendary nicknames “Tula maanla re” Shardul #TeamIndia #ENGvIND”

“I think only two of the names are my nicknames. Lord is just a meme that started on social media I think. But yes pretty happy that I am getting so much love from the teammates and from everyone that they want to call me by a certain nickname, so very happy about it,” Shardul Thakur said in the video.

🎥 @imShard is happy with the love he's getting from his teammates & not to forget some legendary nicknames 😉

"Tula maanla re" Shardul 😃 #TeamIndia #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/iWA5ftJ44Q

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 3, 2021

Apart from captain Virat Kohli, Shardul Thakur was the only one who provided some resistance to the team. He held the fort of the side and brought up a quick half-century to put India in a better position against the hosts. His splendid knock garnered praise from experts and fans on social media.

Twitter went crazy as many of the cricket on-lookers, experts and former cricketers lavished praises on Shardul Thakur for his innings. Here is how Twitter reacted after Thakur lit the proceedings for India on day one of the fourth Test match.

Shardul Thakur appreciation tweet ❤️

📷- BCCI #ENGvIND #Cricket pic.twitter.com/dQ3B2l7lpl

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) September 2, 2021

Really enjoyed watching Shardul bat. Yes, a hoick here and there but lots of excellent shots in between. Definitely making a case for a bowling all-rounder at no 8

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 2, 2021

जिंकलस रे, शार्दुल 🙌

What an innings! 🔥#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #ENGvIND

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) September 2, 2021

Wowwwwww

Batting is definitely not as easy as Shardul Thakur is making it ought to be

Well played @imShard #lordthakur pic.twitter.com/x2VHQycLXh

— DK (@DineshKarthik) September 2, 2021

About the match, the Indian bowlers fought back to clinch early wickets. Jasprit Bumrah removed both the openers of England early on. Whereas on the other hand, Umesh Yadav got the prized scalp of Joe Root.