Shardul Thakur has made quite the impression as a batsman and such has been his impact with the willow that fans have started calling the all-rounder 'Lord Shardul'. The 29-year-old along with Rishabh Pant stitched a 100-run partnership for the seventh wicket, with the former contributing 60. 


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His effort was appreciated by the netizens as it helped India from three quick blows in the opening session of Day 4 of the ongoing Test at the Oval. Riding on his effort, the visitors got the much-needed push as they managed to put 466 on the scoreboard and gave England an imposing 368-run target.   


This was not the first time in the contest when Shardul's bat came to India's rescue. Earlier in the first-inning, the 29-year-old added 57 runs to help India post a respectable 191 on the board. 


Impressed with Shardul's heroics with the bat, ex-India cricketers Virender Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer also joined the bandwagon and hailed the cricketer for his impressive show. Here is what they said: 




Meanwhile, fans flooded Twitter with 'Lord Shardul' memes, praising the cricketer for standing tall against the English bowling attack. Here are a few tweets: 







With the ball, Shardul managed to scalp the prize wicket of Ollie Pope in England's first innings, who scored 81 to emerge as the leading run-scorer from the England camp.