‘Yeh Tim Paine ka Bhai hai kya?’- Fans react to viral Instagram story of Shardul Thakur with Liam Payne ahead of WTC 2023 final

Shardul Thakur is one of the strong contenders to get a place in the final playing XI of Team India when they will take on Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Oval, starting from 7-11 June 2023. However, his inclusion might depend on the balance of the team in the final.

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But, ahead of this clash, he made headlines as an image of him with Liam Payne went viral. Shardul shared the image on his Instagram story also. Seeing that, fans went crazy and shared their views on social media. Meanwhile, Liam Payne is an English singer who gained fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. 

Here is the image of the shared Instagram story:

Instagram story of Shardul Thakur (Image Source: Instagram)

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“From 7 June onwards in England for the World Test Championship, it feels really special, I’m honoured” - Shardul Thakur

However, Shardul also opened up about his determination to make count every opportunity he is going to have to play for Team India. In a recent interaction with Apex Council of Cricket, he said: “I feel that major event finals especially, you don’t get to play them everywhere each and every year, so it’s, for a few players or somebody like me, a once-in-a-lifetime moment.”

“All that I want is to make it count. It’s always a special moment when you’re representing your country – especially India, when there’s a billion people out there who dream of playing for the nation and only the best 15 have been chosen to represent the country. Especially being involved in this Final, from 7 June onwards in England for the World Test Championship, it feels really special, I’m honoured,” he further added. 

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Shardul also opened up about his good performance at the Oval against England last time around. He said: “It’s always good to remember your previous performances on a particular ground, but every game is a fresh start. It’s different opponents this time around, but yeah it’s always good to take motivation from what you’ve done in the past on a particular ground.”

Here are some shared tweets:

Lekin tim pain toh Australia ke squad mein nahi hai toh uska bhai kyu aaya hai 🙄

— Rohit Chandra (@RohitChandra22A) June 6, 2023

Tim Paine brother??

— R A H U L (@_RK0808) June 6, 2023

ye kaisa crossover hua bhai

— aayush. (@aayusht1802) June 6, 2023

De paul with shardul

— Kãmàl🤧 (@m_s_kamal23) June 6, 2023

Tum paine ka bhai ???

— Aryan 🦥 (@iAryan_Sharma) June 7, 2023

He plays for which team?

— LazBall⚡ (@khtr_nak) June 7, 2023

Liam payne is so lucky. Gotta chance to meet the lord 🙏

— $ { kei stan ❤️} (@sher_singh_18) June 6, 2023

I'm officially old. For a second I thought Liam Payne has something to do with Tim Paine.

— Pichaa Paati (@Pichaa_paati) June 6, 2023

Kaun ha ye

— Gagan (@gaganps_) June 6, 2023