Be it national duty or playing for Mumbai, pace bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur’s approach remains the same. Just a week ago, Thakur shouldered responsibility in tough conditions to score 51 and 119 against Jammu & Kashmir.

While all eyes were on Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium and Virat Kohli, at Rajkot, Bengaluru and Jamshedpur there was room for plenty of twists and turns

Shardul Thakur has continued to shine in the Ranji Trophy. This time he has struck with the ball picking up a stunning hat-trick against Meghalaya. At one stage, Meghalaya were six down for just two runs but they recovered to post 86 runs before getting bowled out.