Shardul Thakur’s parents injured in accident, bowlers rushes home

MUMBAI: The parents of 27-yearold Shardul Thakur, fast bowler with the Indian cricket team, were injured after their bike skidded off the road on Tuesday night.

The news came just hours after Thakur was picked for the one-off Test against Afghanistan, to be held in Bangalore from June 14. Having played three ODIS and seven T20 Internationals, Thakur is yet to play Test cricket.

Both were rushed to the Dr Dhawale Charitable Hospital at Palghar. Narendra Thakur was later shifted to Leelavati hospital as a brain clot was detected.

Narendra and his wife Hounsa were returning to their Mahim village home after attending a wedding in Alyali in Palghar.

Road construction work was going on near Sundaram school and Narendra, who was riding the bike could not see the road construction work as the area has no streetlights. As a result the bike skidded and both fell on a side depression.

Locals rushed the duo to the Palghar hospital where Narendra was treated, and Dr Prakash Gudsoorkar, orthopaedic surgeon detected a brain clot during a CT scan and at around 11pm Narendra was shifted to Leelavati Hospital.

“The patient is diabetic with hyper tension and already had undergone two heart surgeries and suffered intra cranial bleeding (intern bleeding of skull and brain) and was vomitting, hence we advised him to be shifted to the Mumbai hospital while his wife has been discharged as she suffered minor injuries”, said the medico.

Doctors also confirmed that Narendra’s condition is stable. However, Shardul has rushed from Pune - where he is currently based as a part of the Indian Premier League side Chennai Super Kings - to Mumbai to visit his parents.

Thakur made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in 2017 and is yet to cement his place in the squad for the shorter formats.