The stint will be a first in county cricket for Thakur, who has taken more than 100 wickets across all three formats for India, with his last appearance coming
“I am feeling excited to join essex this summer,” Thakur said. “Personally it brings new challenges and options to shows my talent and skills. County cricket is something is something I alays wanted to experience and i am glad that I’ll be reporting the eagles.”
Thakur is the latest India International to Play County Championship Cricket at Chelmsford in Recent Times, Following in the Footsteps of Umesh Yadav, M Vijay and India’s Current Head Coach, Gambhir.
He will line up along Ond.
“In Shardul, we have signed just that, and we can’t wait to welcome Him to essex and see how he gets on in the county championship.”