Shardul Thakur, post his Brisbane heroics, wants himself to be considered a “bowling all-rounder”.

Thakur, who only got to play in the Test series in Australia because India’s frontline pacers picked up injuries, did not only snare seven wickets in the historic Test at the Gabba, he also top-scored in his team’s first innings with a knock of 67 while batting at No.8 and shared a match-turning 123 partnership with Washington Sundar.

“Yes, I can be called a bowling all-rounder, I have that ability to bat and even in future, whenever I get an opportunity to bat, I am going to contribute useful runs to the team’s total,” Thakur, who has seven first-class fifties to his credit, said on Friday.

He also doesn’t regret missing out on a five-wicket haul in Brisbane and was instead happy that fellow pacer Mohammed Siraj could achieve it.

“No, I don’t regret on missing a five-for in the second innings. I mean, it would have been okay if I had taken a five-for, but I am really happy for Siraj and I really wished that he would get five wickets, because he was going through a hard time,” he said.

Talking about his defiant partnership with Washington, Shardul said: “It was really important for us to hang in there, bat for half an hour, another half an hour, make that one and half, two, and you know to just kill the time in there, take the game, that innings as deep as possible,” he recalled.