Shardul Thakur has proved he can be all-rounder: Bowling coach Bharat Arun

India bowling coach Bharat Arun on Wednesday said that Shardul Thakur has what it takes to be the fast bowling allrounder that the team needed ever since Hardik Pandyarsquos back injury restricted his role with the ballPandya was not included in the Test team for the tour of England as he ldquowas not in a position to bowlrdquo according to the BCCIThakur impressiveArun in a conversation with PTI said that while the selectors will have the last word on finding the next set of options Thakur has certainly made a case for himselfldquoIt is more of a selectorsrsquo job to find them and then we can develop those allrounders Shardul has proved he can be an allrounder What he did in Australia was fabulousrdquo Arun said during the interaction facilitated by Ironwood Education CompanyBowling coach Bharat Arun PicAFPPandya last played Test cricket for India in 2018 during the tour of England He has been battling a back injury since 2019 and recently picked up a shoulder niggle during the IPLArun agreed that finding someone as good as Pandya would be a very tough jobldquo Hardik is an outstanding talent but unfortunately he had to undergo a backoperation and then itrsquos not very easy to come back after thatldquoHe bowled against England I thought he did a really good job But to sustain that we need to manage him well and build on his strengthrdquo he saidThe twoTest old Thakur was mighty impressive in the only longest format game he played in the away series against Australia this year picking up seven wickets and a half century in BrisbaneldquoSo ideally yes we need to develop a seam bowling allrounder there must be a few in domestic cricket We are always on the circuit with the Indian team we have not had an opportunity to look at the domestic allroundersrdquo Arun saidThakur had also spoken about his desire to be seen as a bowling allrounder and is expected to get his fair share of chances during the upcoming tour of EnglandWith bio bubbles not going out of the game anytime soon Arun said all six fast bowlers will be rotated during the tour as the team manages its playersrsquo workload in a ldquobigrdquo wayRotation is crucialIndia play six Tests in England starting with the World Test Championship final against New Zealand from June 18 England is the only top side at the moment which has a clear cut rotation policy in place to deal with bubble fatigue amid the COVID19 pandemicldquoThat rotation policy is going to be the future because the volume of cricket that is being played and also with all the current rules which are going to exist for some time I think it is extremely important that the players are fresh mentally physically so workload management is going to be big in the futurerdquoIndia have six pacers in the squadmdashIshant Sharma Jasprit Bumrah Mohammed Shami Umesh Yadav Thakur and Mohammad Siraj07No of wickets Shardul Thakur claimed in the Brisbane Test He also scored 69 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever