NEW DELHI: Paceman Shardul Thakur rose to the occasion and bailed out India with a rearguard 109-run stand with Ajinkya Rahane against Australia on the third day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval in London on Friday.
In the process, Shardul (51 off 109) was able to get to his third successive half-century as he became the third visiting batter with the most consecutive 50-plus scores at The Oval in Test format, equalling legendary Australian batters Don Bradman and Allan Border's record.
