On Day 3 of India vs Australia World Test Championship (WTC) 2023 Final, Indian batters Shardul Thakur (51 off 109 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (89 off 129 balls) scored memorable half-centuries at The Oval to keep India alive in the game with a rearguard 109-run seventh-wicket stand. This was Shardul's fourth overall fifty in Test cricket and third half-century at The Oval.
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Shardul's latest fifty at The Oval is his third consecutive Test half-centuries at the venue. With this, he equaled a massive Test record, joining legendary Australian cricketers Allan Border and Don Bradman in an elite list. Before Shardul Thakur only Bradman and Border are the other two visiting batters who have scored three Test half-centuries at the Oval. Meanwhile, Thakur's iconic feat inspired fans to trend 'Lord' memes on social media. The tweets kept coming in after his half-century.
Shardul Thakur's 3rd fifty at The Oval inspires hilarious memes on Twitter...
Check below list of visiting batters ever to score three Test fifties at the Oval
Australia's Sir Don Bradman scored three fifties at The Oval between 1930 and 1934.
Australia's Allan Border scored three fifties at The Oval between 1895 and 1989.
Between 2021 and 2023, Shardul Thakur has become the third and first Indian to score three fifties at The Oval.
Shardul Thakur is the only batter to register most fifty-plus scores while batting at number seven or below in England since the WTC tournament began in 2019.