Over the decades, Mumbai have produced the likes of Agarkar, Zaheer, Ankola, among others. Can Thakur stamp an authority at the highest level? One will never know until he gets the opportunity.
Shardul Thakur picked up four wickets in a space of 25 deliveries against South Africans in the warm-up match.
Shardul Thakur took 4 for 70 for Indian Board President's XI against the visiting South Africans.
Glenn McGrath recently replaced Dennis Lillee as pace bowling spearhead of MRF Pace Foundation.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, Karnataka skipper, Vinay Kumar won an important toss.
At one point of time Vinay Kumar's Karnataka were 115 for two.
Mumbai came back from behind to register an outright win against Delhi.
Thakur was also part of a camp at the MRF Pace Academy in Chennai last year.
Bengal still require 135 runs to avoid a repeat of follow on for second successive match.
Skipper Mahesh Rawat was the top-scorer for Railways with 68 runs.