India, April 5 -- After originally failing to convince any of the ten IPL teams to purchase him at the mega-auction, Shardul Thakur has provided a fiery response since being drafted in as an injury replacement for Lucknow Super Giants. His performance came to the fore as he delivered an inch-perfect 19th over to swing the momentum in his team's favour in the defence against Mumbai Indians.

Shardul is the senior-most member of the LSG bowling unit, and got his flowers from his Mumbai and national teammate Rohit Sharma. LSG social media cameras captured the Indian captain saying to LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka post-match: "Sir, why worry, when you have Lord?"

Shardul Thakur is affectionately known by many as Lord, a play on his last name, as w...